Who appointed Diana E. Murphy?

President William J. Clinton appointed Diana E. Murphy to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1994.

Was Diana E. Murphy appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Diana E. Murphy was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Diana E. Murphy's confirmation vote?

Diana E. Murphy was confirmed by voice vote on October 7, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eighth Circuit / Appointed 1994 / Served to 2018

Diana E. Murphy

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

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Diana E. Murphy was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. She earned a law degree from University of Minnesota Law School in 1974. She previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1934–2018
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1994
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Minnesota 1954 · University of Minnesota Law School 1974
Succeeded: John R. Gibson
Succeeded by: David Ryan Stras

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1980	District of Minnesota	Carter (D)	Voice vote
1994	Eighth Circuit succeeded John R. Gibson	Clinton (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

University of Minnesota	B.A.	1954
University of Minnesota Law School	J.D.	1974

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Murphy was assigned 1,378 district-court cases (1980–1994). Median time from filing to termination: 276 days across 1,378 closed cases.

Contract23%

Prisoner & habeas13%

Personal-injury torts13%

Labor & ERISA11%

Civil rights10%

Other federal statutes6%

Other25%

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, Murphy authored 192 published opinions for the court (1945–2010). Most cited: Federal Trade Commission v. Kitco of Nevada, Inc. (66 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
1985	Federal Trade Commission v. Kitco of Nevada, Inc.	612 F. Supp. 1282	66
1981	Scott v. Mego International, Inc.	519 F. Supp. 1118	44
1986	Pinto v. Internationale Set, Inc.	650 F. Supp. 306	32
1985	United States Ex Rel. Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community v. Pan American Management Co.	616 F. Supp. 1200	30
1994	Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians v. Minnesota	853 F. Supp. 1118	29
1993	Sierra Club, North Star Chapter v. Browner	843 F. Supp. 1304	27
1986	Stage I Land Co. v. United States Housing & Urban Development Department	71 B.R. 225	27
1989	DeGidio v. Pung	704 F. Supp. 922	25
1985	Agristor Leasing v. Guggisberg	617 F. Supp. 902	22
1994	Mille Lacs Band of Chippewa Indians v. Minnesota	861 F. Supp. 784	21
1990	United States v. Union Scrap Iron & Metal	123 B.R. 831	21
1991	Lumber Exchange Building Ltd. Partnership v. Mutual Life Insurance Co. of New York (In Re Lumber Exchange Building Ltd. Partnership)	134 B.R. 354	20
1985	Doe v. Hennepin County	623 F. Supp. 982	20
1989	Jader v. Principal Mutual Life Insurance	723 F. Supp. 1338	19
1988	Oslund v. United States	701 F. Supp. 710	19

Showing the 15 most-cited of 192 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 Diana E. Murphy?: President William J. Clinton appointed Diana E. Murphy to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in 1994.
Was Diana E. Murphy appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Diana E. Murphy was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Diana E. Murphy's confirmation vote?: Diana E. Murphy was confirmed by voice vote on October 7, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Diana E. Murphy on?: Diana E. Murphy was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.

Sources

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