Who appointed Dennis W. Shedd?

President George W. Bush appointed Dennis W. Shedd to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 2002.

Was Dennis W. Shedd appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Dennis W. Shedd's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Dennis W. Shedd 55–44 on November 19, 2002.

Fourth Circuit / Appointed 2002 / Served to 2022

Dennis W. Shedd

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by the Senate 55–44, Dennis W. Shedd was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of South Carolina School of Law in 1978. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1953 · age 73
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2002
Confirmed: 55–44
Education: Wofford College 1975 · University of South Carolina Law 1978
Succeeded: Clyde H. Hamilton
Succeeded by: Julius Ness Richardson

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1990	District of South Carolina succeeded Karen LeCraft Henderson	G.H.W. Bush (R)	Voice vote
2002	Fourth Circuit succeeded Clyde H. Hamilton	G.W. Bush (R)	55–44

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

Nomination Confirmed 55–44 on November 19, 2002 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 250. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 55

7 D, 48 R

Voted against · 44

42 D, 2 I

Did not vote · 1

1 R

Frank Murkowski(R-AK)

Education

Wofford College	B.A.	1975
University of South Carolina School of Law	J.D.	1978
Georgetown University Law Center	LL.M.	1980

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Shedd was assigned 4,088 district-court cases (1986–2002). Median time from filing to termination: 238 days across 4,087 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas22%

Personal-injury torts17%

Contract16%

Civil rights15%

Real property12%

Social Security6%

Other11%

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 20 of Shedd’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 20 were affirmed, 0 reversed or vacated. 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, Shedd authored 32 published opinions for the court (1991–2009). Most cited: Monroe v. City of Charlottesville, Va. (173 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
2009	Monroe v. City of Charlottesville, Va.	579 F.3d 380	173
1992	Wallace v. Housing Authority of City of Columbia	791 F. Supp. 137	155
1992	White v. Roche Biomedical Laboratories, Inc.	807 F. Supp. 1212	41
1992	Wensil v. EI Dupont De Nemours and Co.	792 F. Supp. 447	20
2000	Branch v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated	83 F. Supp. 2d 631	19
1993	Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance v. Adams	828 F. Supp. 379	19
1992	Cianbro Corp. v. Jeffcoat and Martin	804 F. Supp. 784	16
1994	Taylor v. Cummins Atlantic, Inc.	852 F. Supp. 1279	13
1992	Shakespeare Co. v. Silstar Corp. of America, Inc.	802 F. Supp. 1386	13
1996	Shakespeare Co. v. Silstar Corp. of America, Inc.	906 F. Supp. 997	12
1991	Scott v. Land Span Motor, Inc.	781 F. Supp. 1115	12
1994	Colonial Life & Accident Insurance v. American Family Life Assurance Co.	846 F. Supp. 454	11
1996	Gray v. Petoseed Co., Inc.	985 F. Supp. 625	10
1991	Storms v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.	775 F. Supp. 862	10
1999	Woodward v. Newcourt Commercial Finance Corp.	60 F. Supp. 2d 530	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 32 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 Dennis W. Shedd?: President George W. Bush appointed Dennis W. Shedd to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 2002.
Was Dennis W. Shedd appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Dennis W. Shedd was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Dennis W. Shedd's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Dennis W. Shedd 55–44 on November 19, 2002.
Which court was Dennis W. Shedd on?: Dennis W. Shedd was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

Sources

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