Clyde S. Cahill Jr.
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, Clyde S. Cahill Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. He earned a law degree from St. Louis University School of Law in 1951. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1923–2004
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1980
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- St. Louis 1949 · St. Louis Law 1951
- Succeeded
- James Hargrove Meredith
- Succeeded by
- Catherine D. Perry
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Eastern District of Missouri succeeded James Hargrove Meredith | 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
| St. Louis University | B.S. | 1949 |
| St. Louis University School of Law | J.D. | 1951 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Cahill was assigned 290 district-court cases (1985–1992). Median time from filing to termination: 348 days across 290 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.
In our data, Cahill authored 46 published opinions for the court (1980–1994). Most cited: Hollenbeck v. Falstaff Brewing Corp. (46 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Hollenbeck v. Falstaff Brewing Corp. | 605 F. Supp. 421 | 46 |
| 1981 | Sweeney v. Bond | 519 F. Supp. 124 | 28 |
| 1983 | Merrill, Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith v. Thomson | 574 F. Supp. 1472 | 23 |
| 1994 | United States v. Clary | 846 F. Supp. 768 | 22 |
| 1983 | City of Clayton v. Grumman Emer. Prod. | 576 F. Supp. 1122 | 20 |
| 1983 | Hodge Chile Co. v. KNA Food Distributors, Inc. | 575 F. Supp. 210 | 12 |
| 1981 | Monsanto Co. v. Ford | 534 F. Supp. 51 | 12 |
| 1981 | Thrasher v. Missouri State Highway Commission | 534 F. Supp. 103 | 10 |
| 1991 | Doe v. Washington University | 780 F. Supp. 628 | 9 |
| 1989 | Ross v. Missouri Division of Employment Security (In Re Ross) | 104 B.R. 171 | 9 |
| 1983 | Jacoby v. Schuman | 568 F. Supp. 843 | 8 |
| 1982 | Torimino v. UNITED FOOD & COMMERCIAL WORKERS, ETC. | 548 F. Supp. 1012 | 8 |
| 1983 | Ferguson v. Am. Family Mut. Ins. Co. | 566 F. Supp. 1090 | 7 |
| 1982 | Goodwin v. Circuit Court of St. Louis County | 555 F. Supp. 658 | 7 |
| 1982 | Derrickson v. Board of Ed. of City of St. Louis | 537 F. Supp. 338 | 6 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 46 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 Clyde S. Cahill Jr.?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Clyde S. Cahill Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in 1980.
- Was Clyde S. Cahill Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Clyde S. Cahill Jr. was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Clyde S. Cahill Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Clyde S. Cahill Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on May 21, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Clyde S. Cahill Jr. on?
- Clyde S. Cahill Jr. 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: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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24 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).