Who appointed Clark Waddoups?

President George W. Bush appointed Clark Waddoups to the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah in 2008.

Was Clark Waddoups appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Clark Waddoups was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Clark Waddoups's confirmation vote?

Clark Waddoups was confirmed by voice vote on September 26, 2008. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Utah / Appointed 2008 / Senior status since 2019

Clark Waddoups

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2008 and confirmed by voice vote, Clark Waddoups is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. He earned a law degree from University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law) in 1973. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1946 · age 80
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2008
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Brigham Young 1970 · University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law) 1973
Succeeded: Paul G. Cassell
Succeeded by: David Bruce Barlow

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2008	District of Utah succeeded Paul G. Cassell	G.W. Bush (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

Brigham Young University	B.A.	1970
University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law)	J.D.	1973

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Waddoups was assigned 1,503 district-court cases (1998–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 301 days across 1,459 closed cases.

Contract20%

Civil rights15%

Other federal statutes11%

Intellectual property10%

Personal-injury torts8%

Labor & ERISA8%

Other29%

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 146 of Waddoups’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 111 were affirmed, 22 reversed or vacated, and 13 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, Waddoups authored 21 published opinions for the court (2009–2011). Most cited: Philips Electronics North America Corporation v. Bc Technical (25 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
2011	Philips Electronics North America Corporation v. Bc Technical	773 F. Supp. 2d 1149	25
2009	Margae, Inc. v. Clear Link Technologies, LLC	620 F. Supp. 2d 1284	14
2009	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Madison Real Estate Group, LLC	647 F. Supp. 2d 1271	12
2009	Bad Ass Coffee Co. of Hawaii, Inc. v. JH Nterprises, L.L.C.	636 F. Supp. 2d 1237	9
2010	1-800 CONTACTS, INC. v. Lens. Com, Inc.	755 F. Supp. 2d 1151	7
2010	James v. FRANK'S WESTATES SERVICES, INC.	747 F. Supp. 2d 1264	4
2010	Spahr v. FERBER RESORTS, LLC	686 F. Supp. 2d 1214	4
2010	VAN DE GRIFT v. Higgins	757 F. Supp. 2d 1139	3
2009	UTAH LABOR COMMISSION ANTIDISCRIMINATION & LABOR v. Paradise Town	660 F. Supp. 2d 1256	3
2009	United States v. Brody	621 F. Supp. 2d 1196	3
2011	Lee v. Salazar	787 F. Supp. 2d 1267	2
2010	United States v. Zajac	749 F. Supp. 2d 1299	2
2009	Wildearth Guardians v. United States Fish & Wildlife Service	622 F. Supp. 2d 1155	2
2011	Basic Research, LLC v. Federal Trade Commission	807 F. Supp. 2d 1078	1
2010	United States v. Zajac	748 F. Supp. 2d 1340	1

Showing the 15 most-cited of 21 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 Clark Waddoups?: President George W. Bush appointed Clark Waddoups to the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah in 2008.
Was Clark Waddoups appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Clark Waddoups was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Clark Waddoups's confirmation vote?: Clark Waddoups was confirmed by voice vote on September 26, 2008. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Clark Waddoups on?: Clark Waddoups is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.

Sources

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