Who appointed Donald Carl Pogue?

President William J. Clinton appointed Donald Carl Pogue to the U.S. Court of International Trade in 1995.

Was Donald Carl Pogue appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Donald Carl Pogue was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Donald Carl Pogue's confirmation vote?

Donald Carl Pogue was confirmed by voice vote on August 11, 1995. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

U.S. Court of International Trade / Appointed 1995 / Served to 2016

Donald Carl Pogue

Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1995 and confirmed by voice vote, Donald Carl Pogue was a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1974. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1947–2016
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1995
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Dartmouth College 1969 · Yale Law School 1974
Succeeded: James Lopez Watson
Succeeded by: M. Miller Baker

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1995	U.S. Court of International Trade succeeded James Lopez Watson	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

Dartmouth College	B.A.	1969
Yale Law School	J.D.	1974
Yale University	M.A.	1974

Judicial Record

In our data, Pogue authored 239 published opinions for the court (1996–2016). Most cited: Dorbest Ltd. v. United States (81 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
2006	Dorbest Ltd. v. United States	462 F. Supp. 2d 1262	81
2008	Nakornthai Strip Mill Public Co. v. United States	587 F. Supp. 2d 1303	69
1998	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. v. United States	15 F. Supp. 2d 807	49
1999	Floral Trade Council v. United States	41 F. Supp. 2d 319	44
2014	Ad Hoc Shrimp Trade Action Committe v. United States	992 F. Supp. 2d 1285	42
2010	Pakfood Public Co. Ltd. v. United States	724 F. Supp. 2d 1327	38
2001	Rhodia, Inc. v. United States	185 F. Supp. 2d 1343	38
1998	Koenig & Bauer-Albert AG v. United States	15 F. Supp. 2d 834	38
2007	Mittal Steel Galati S.A. v. United States	502 F. Supp. 2d 1295	32
1998	Goss Graphics System, Inc. v. United States	33 F. Supp. 2d 1082	31
1998	Asociacion Colombiana De Exportadores De Flores v. United States	6 F. Supp. 2d 865	25
1998	Gerald Metals, Inc. v. United States	27 F. Supp. 2d 1351	24
2008	Totes-Isotoner Corp. v. United States	580 F. Supp. 2d 1371	23
2006	Decca Hospitality Furnishings, LLC v. United States	427 F. Supp. 2d 1249	23
2005	Tianjin Tiancheng Pharmaceutical Co. v. United States	366 F. Supp. 2d 1246	23

Showing the 15 most-cited of 239 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 Donald Carl Pogue?: President William J. Clinton appointed Donald Carl Pogue to the U.S. Court of International Trade in 1995.
Was Donald Carl Pogue appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Donald Carl Pogue was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Donald Carl Pogue's confirmation vote?: Donald Carl Pogue was confirmed by voice vote on August 11, 1995. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Donald Carl Pogue on?: Donald Carl Pogue was a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade.

Sources

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21 years on the U.S. Court of International Trade. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).