Donald J. Stohr
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Donald J. Stohr was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. He earned a law degree from St. Louis University School of Law in 1958. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1934–2015
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1992
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- St. Louis 1956 · St. Louis Law 1958
- Succeeded by
- Stephen Nathaniel Limbaugh Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Eastern District of Missouri | 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
| St. Louis University | B.S. | 1956 |
| St. Louis University School of Law | J.D. | 1958 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Stohr was assigned 3,642 district-court cases (1980–2010). Median time from filing to termination: 241 days across 3,641 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 100 of Stohr’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 90 were affirmed, 9 reversed or vacated, and 1 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, Stohr authored 64 published opinions for the court (1992–2010). Most cited: Smith v. Copeland (19 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Smith v. Copeland | 892 F. Supp. 1218 | 19 |
| 2002 | Johnson v. Berry | 228 F. Supp. 2d 1071 | 13 |
| 1998 | Tatum v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n | 992 F. Supp. 1114 | 13 |
| 1996 | Cross Oil Co. v. Phillips Petroleum Co. | 944 F. Supp. 787 | 12 |
| 1996 | Kramer v. K & S ASSOCIATES | 942 F. Supp. 444 | 9 |
| 1993 | Groves v. LaBarge | 160 B.R. 121 | 9 |
| 1997 | Abdullah Sayid Rajab Al-Rifai & Sons WLL v. McDonnell Douglas Foreign Sales Corp. | 988 F. Supp. 1285 | 8 |
| 1998 | Bell v. DOBBS INTERN. SERVICE | 6 F. Supp. 2d 863 | 7 |
| 1997 | Dream Team Collectibles v. NBA PROPERTIES | 958 F. Supp. 1401 | 7 |
| 1996 | Wyatt v. United States | 939 F. Supp. 1402 | 7 |
| 1996 | Jakobe v. Rawlings Sporting Goods Co. | 943 F. Supp. 1143 | 7 |
| 1995 | Clay v. Board of Educ. of City of St. Louis | 896 F. Supp. 929 | 7 |
| 2001 | Johnson v. Berry | 171 F. Supp. 2d 985 | 6 |
| 1998 | Leisure v. Bowersox | 990 F. Supp. 769 | 6 |
| 1996 | Reinhart v. City of Maryland Heights | 930 F. Supp. 410 | 6 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 64 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 J. Stohr?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Donald J. Stohr to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in 1992.
- Was Donald J. Stohr appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Donald J. Stohr 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 Donald J. Stohr's confirmation vote?
- Donald J. Stohr was confirmed by voice vote on April 8, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Donald J. Stohr on?
- Donald J. Stohr was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (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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23 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).