Who appointed Cecil F. Poole?

President Jimmy Carter appointed Cecil F. Poole to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1979.

Was Cecil F. Poole appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Cecil F. Poole was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Cecil F. Poole's confirmation vote?

Cecil F. Poole was confirmed by voice vote on November 26, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Ninth Circuit / Appointed 1979 / Served to 1997

Cecil F. Poole

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Cecil F. Poole was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Michigan Law School in 1938. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1914–1997
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1979
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Michigan 1935 · University of Michigan Law School 1938
Succeeded by: Richard A. Paez

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1976	Northern District of California succeeded Oliver Jesse Carter	Ford (R)	Voice vote
1979	Ninth Circuit	Carter (D)	Voice vote

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

University of Michigan	A.B.	1935
University of Michigan Law School	LL.B.	1938
Harvard Law School	LL.M.	1939

Judicial Record

In our data, Poole authored 8 published opinions for the court (1978–1980). Most cited: Francis v. United Technologies Corp. (39 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1978	Francis v. United Technologies Corp.	458 F. Supp. 84	39
1979	Nolan v. Clelandq	482 F. Supp. 668	15
1979	Electroglas, Inc. v. Dynatex Corp.	473 F. Supp. 1167	14
1978	Crouch v. Commissioner	447 F. Supp. 385	12
1978	Martinez v. Brown	449 F. Supp. 207	11
1980	Electroglas, Inc. v. Dynatex Corp.	497 F. Supp. 97	8
1980	Kizer v. Peter Kiewit Sons' Co.	489 F. Supp. 835	8
1978	Falstaff Brewing Corp. v. New York Life Insurance	513 F. Supp. 289	6

Showing the 8 most-cited of 8 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Cecil F. Poole?: President Jimmy Carter appointed Cecil F. Poole to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1979.
Was Cecil F. Poole appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Cecil F. Poole was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Cecil F. Poole's confirmation vote?: Cecil F. Poole was confirmed by voice vote on November 26, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Cecil F. Poole on?: Cecil F. Poole was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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17 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).