Dee Vance Benson
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 and confirmed by voice vote, Dee Vance Benson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. He earned a law degree from Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1976. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1948–2020
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1991
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Brigham Young 1973 · Brigham Young, J. Reuben Clark Law School 1976
- Succeeded by
- Jill N. Parrish
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | District of Utah | G.H.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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Benson was assigned 5,257 district-court cases (1979–2020). Median time from filing to termination: 350 days across 5,257 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 158 of Benson’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 128 were affirmed, 16 reversed or vacated, and 14 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, Benson authored 97 published opinions for the court (1992–2011). Most cited: Utah Women's Clinic, Inc. v. Leavitt (29 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Utah Women's Clinic, Inc. v. Leavitt | 844 F. Supp. 1482 | 29 |
| 1999 | Utah Medical Products, Inc. v. Clinical Innovations Associates, Inc. | 79 F. Supp. 2d 1290 | 21 |
| 1994 | Seamons v. Snow | 864 F. Supp. 1111 | 20 |
| 1992 | Utah Pizza Service, Inc. v. Heigel | 784 F. Supp. 835 | 18 |
| 1993 | United States v. Cruz | 838 F. Supp. 535 | 16 |
| 2004 | Utah Ass'n of Counties v. Bush | 316 F. Supp. 2d 1172 | 10 |
| 1999 | Matthews v. Kennecott Utah Copper Corp. | 54 F. Supp. 2d 1067 | 10 |
| 1999 | Jensen Ex Rel. CJ v. Reeves | 45 F. Supp. 2d 1265 | 10 |
| 1997 | Elcom Technologies, Inc. v. Hartford Ins. Co. of Midwest | 991 F. Supp. 1294 | 10 |
| 2005 | United States v. Wisniewski | 358 F. Supp. 2d 1074 | 9 |
| 1993 | C.C. v. Roadrunner Trucking, Inc. | 823 F. Supp. 913 | 9 |
| 2002 | Condos v. Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation | 208 F. Supp. 2d 1226 | 8 |
| 1998 | Tillman v. Cook | 25 F. Supp. 2d 1245 | 8 |
| 1997 | Geneva Steel Co. v. Ranger Steel Supply Corp. | 980 F. Supp. 1209 | 8 |
| 1995 | Mood for a Day, Inc. v. Salt Lake County | 953 F. Supp. 1252 | 8 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 97 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 Dee Vance Benson?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Dee Vance Benson to the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah in 1991.
- Was Dee Vance Benson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Dee Vance Benson was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Dee Vance Benson's confirmation vote?
- Dee Vance Benson was confirmed by voice vote on September 12, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Dee Vance Benson on?
- Dee Vance Benson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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29 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).