Who appointed Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr.?

President Gerald Ford appointed Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming in 1975.

Was Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr. was appointed by President Gerald Ford, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr.'s confirmation vote?

Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on September 15, 1975. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Wyoming / Appointed 1975 / Served to 2014

Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming

Appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1975 and confirmed by voice vote, Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming. He earned a law degree from University of Michigan Law School in 1947. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1922–2014
Appointed by: Gerald Ford, 1975
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Michigan 1944 · University of Michigan Law School 1947
Succeeded: Ewing Thomas Kerr
Succeeded by: Nancy Dell Freudenthal

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1975	District of Wyoming succeeded Ewing Thomas Kerr	Ford (R)	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	B.A.	1944
University of Michigan Law School	J.D.	1947

Judicial Record

In our data, Brimmer authored 183 published opinions for the court (1976–2009). Most cited: St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Campbell County School District No. 1 (34 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1985	St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. Campbell County School District No. 1	612 F. Supp. 285	34
1986	Spence v. Flynt	647 F. Supp. 1266	33
2002	Wyoming v. United States Department of Agriculture	239 F. Supp. 2d 1219	30
1994	International Surplus Lines Insurance v. University of Wyoming Research Corp.	850 F. Supp. 1509	28
1986	Osborn v. Schillinger	639 F. Supp. 610	27
2000	St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance v. City of Green River	93 F. Supp. 2d 1170	25
1998	Wilson v. Amoco Corp.	989 F. Supp. 1159	24
2001	O'DONNELL v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Wyoming	173 F. Supp. 2d 1176	22
2003	Wyoming v. United States Department of Agriculture	277 F. Supp. 2d 1197	21
1998	In Re Copley Pharmaceutical, Inc.	1 F. Supp. 2d 1407	20
1976	Berry v. Arapahoe and Shoshone Tribes	420 F. Supp. 934	19
1994	United States v. Porco	842 F. Supp. 1393	18
1987	Colorado Interstate Gas Co. v. Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America	661 F. Supp. 1448	18
2002	Grace United Methodist Church v. City of Cheyenne	235 F. Supp. 2d 1186	16
1996	Rickert v. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.	923 F. Supp. 1453	16

Showing the 15 most-cited of 183 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 Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr.?: President Gerald Ford appointed Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming in 1975.
Was Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr. was appointed by President Gerald Ford, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr.'s confirmation vote?: Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on September 15, 1975. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr. on?: Clarence Addison Brimmer Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Wyoming.

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