Charles Alexander Shaw
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1993 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles Alexander Shaw was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. He earned a law degree from Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1944–2020
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1993
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Harris-Stowe State College 1966 · Catholic of America, Columbus Law 1974
- Succeeded by
- John Andrew Ross
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Eastern District of Missouri | Clinton (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
| Harris-Stowe State College | B.A. | 1966 |
| University of Missouri | M.B.A. | 1971 |
| Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law | J.D. | 1974 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Shaw was assigned 3,751 district-court cases (1984–2019). Median time from filing to termination: 264 days across 3,750 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 181 of Shaw’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 169 were affirmed, 8 reversed or vacated, and 4 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Shaw authored 89 published opinions for the court (1994–2011). Most cited: Woods v. Wills (40 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Woods v. Wills | 400 F. Supp. 2d 1145 | 40 |
| 2006 | Connolly v. Union Pacific R. Co. | 453 F. Supp. 2d 1104 | 25 |
| 1995 | May Dept. Stores Co. v. Wilansky | 900 F. Supp. 1154 | 22 |
| 2004 | Enterprise Rent-A-Car Company v. U-Haul Intern., Inc. | 327 F. Supp. 2d 1032 | 21 |
| 2004 | Manning v. Wal-Mart Stores East, Inc. | 304 F. Supp. 2d 1146 | 19 |
| 1997 | Corlew v. Denny's Restaurant, Inc. | 983 F. Supp. 878 | 16 |
| 2000 | BIOMETICS, LLC v. New Womyn, Inc. | 112 F. Supp. 2d 869 | 15 |
| 1996 | Buttice v. GD Searle & Co. | 938 F. Supp. 561 | 15 |
| 1996 | Johnson v. Metropolitan Sewer Dist. | 926 F. Supp. 874 | 15 |
| 1996 | Vankempen v. McDonnell Douglas Corp. | 923 F. Supp. 146 | 13 |
| 1995 | Yellow Freight System, Inc. v. ACF Industries, Inc. | 909 F. Supp. 1290 | 13 |
| 1994 | Pottgen v. Missouri High School Activities Ass'n | 857 F. Supp. 654 | 13 |
| 2008 | HUTCHEN v. Wal-Mart Stores East I, LP | 555 F. Supp. 2d 1013 | 12 |
| 2004 | Davidson & Associates, Inc. v. Internet Gateway | 334 F. Supp. 2d 1164 | 12 |
| 1999 | Biermann v. United States | 67 F. Supp. 2d 1057 | 12 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 89 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 Charles Alexander Shaw?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Charles Alexander Shaw to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in 1993.
- Was Charles Alexander Shaw appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Charles Alexander Shaw was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Charles Alexander Shaw's confirmation vote?
- Charles Alexander Shaw was confirmed by voice vote on November 20, 1993. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Charles Alexander Shaw on?
- Charles Alexander Shaw was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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26 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).