Who appointed Cynthia Holcomb Hall?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Cynthia Holcomb Hall to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1984.

Was Cynthia Holcomb Hall appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Cynthia Holcomb Hall was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Cynthia Holcomb Hall's confirmation vote?

Cynthia Holcomb Hall was confirmed by voice vote on October 3, 1984. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Ninth Circuit / Appointed 1984 / Served to 2011

Cynthia Holcomb Hall

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

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and confirmed by voice vote, Cynthia Holcomb Hall was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. She earned a law degree from Stanford Law School in 1954. She previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1929–2011
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1984
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Stanford 1951 · Stanford Law School 1954
Succeeded by: Richard R. Clifton

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1981	Central District of California succeeded Harry Pregerson	Reagan (R)	Voice vote
1984	Ninth Circuit	Reagan (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

Stanford University	A.B.	1951
Stanford Law School	LL.B.	1954
New York University School of Law	LL.M.	1960

Judicial Record

In our data, Hall authored 19 published opinions for the court (1982–2011). Most cited: Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stock-Growers of America v. U.S. Department of Agriculture (121 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
2007	Ranchers Cattlemen Action Legal Fund United Stock-Growers of America v. U.S. Department of Agriculture	499 F.3d 1108	121
2007	R.B. Ex Rel. F.B. v. Napa Valley Unified School District	496 F.3d 932	96
2007	United States v. Crews	502 F.3d 1130	95
1984	Wm. T. Thompson Co. v. General Nutrition Corp.	593 F. Supp. 1443	78
2011	Los Angeles Haven Hospice, Inc. v. Sebelius	638 F.3d 644	72
2010	United States v. Forrester	616 F.3d 929	54
1982	California Hospital Ass'n v. Schweiker	559 F. Supp. 110	42
1982	Johnsen v. Rogers	551 F. Supp. 281	39
1983	United States v. Toyota Motor Corp.	561 F. Supp. 354	25
1983	Ryder Truck Rental, Inc. v. Acton Foodservices Corp.	554 F. Supp. 277	17
1982	Jiminez v. Pioneer Diecasters	549 F. Supp. 677	12
1983	Golden State Transit Corp. v. City of Los Angeles	563 F. Supp. 169	11
2007	Bolt v. Merrimack Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	503 F.3d 913	8
1983	United States v. Toyota Motor Corp.	569 F. Supp. 1158	7
2010	United States v. Forrester	592 F.3d 972	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 19 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 Cynthia Holcomb Hall?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Cynthia Holcomb Hall to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1984.
Was Cynthia Holcomb Hall appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Cynthia Holcomb Hall was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Cynthia Holcomb Hall's confirmation vote?: Cynthia Holcomb Hall was confirmed by voice vote on October 3, 1984. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Cynthia Holcomb Hall on?: Cynthia Holcomb Hall was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Sources

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26 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).