Who appointed Edith Brown Clement?

President George W. Bush appointed Edith Brown Clement to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 2001.

Was Edith Brown Clement appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Edith Brown Clement's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Edith Brown Clement 99–0 on November 13, 2001.

Fifth Circuit / Appointed 2001 / Senior status since 2018

Edith Brown Clement

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

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2001 and confirmed by the Senate 99–0, Edith Brown Clement is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She earned a law degree from Tulane University Law School in 1973. She previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1948 · age 78
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2001
Confirmed: 99–0
Education: University of Alabama 1969 · Tulane Law School 1973
Succeeded: John Malcolm Duhe Jr.
Succeeded by: Kurt Damian Engelhardt

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1991	Eastern District of Louisiana succeeded Charles Schwartz Jr.	G.H.W. Bush (R)	Voice vote
2001	Fifth Circuit succeeded John Malcolm Duhe Jr.	G.W. Bush (R)	99–0

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 99–0 on November 13, 2001 · 107th Congress, Roll Call 335. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 99

49 D, 49 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 1

1 D

Tim Johnson(D-SD)

Education

University of Alabama	B.A.	1969
Tulane University Law School	J.D.	1973

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Clement was assigned 3,287 district-court cases (1981–2001). Median time from filing to termination: 227 days across 3,286 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts31%

Prisoner & habeas21%

Contract19%

Civil rights11%

Other federal statutes4%

Property torts3%

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.

In our data, Clement authored 35 published opinions for the court (1992–2001). Most cited: Clancy v. Employers Health Insurance (57 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
2000	Clancy v. Employers Health Insurance	101 F. Supp. 2d 463	57
1994	Stradley v. Lafourche Communications, Inc.	869 F. Supp. 442	33
2001	Hibernia Community Development Corp. v. U.S.E. Community Services Group, Inc.	166 F. Supp. 2d 511	15
1999	Clancy v. Employers Health Insurance	82 F. Supp. 2d 589	15
1993	Chrysler Credit Corp. v. Whitney National Bank	824 F. Supp. 587	14
1992	Chrysler Credit Corp. v. Whitney National Bank	798 F. Supp. 1234	14
1997	Louisiana Acorn Fair Housing v. Quarter House	952 F. Supp. 352	13
1992	Mazur v. Gaudet	826 F. Supp. 188	11
1992	Franz v. Iolab, Inc.	801 F. Supp. 1537	10
2001	Rhyce v. Martin	173 F. Supp. 2d 521	9
1992	Simmons v. Hartford Insurance	786 F. Supp. 574	8
1994	Lemoine v. Carnival Cruise Lines	854 F. Supp. 447	7
1992	Trico Marine Operators, Inc. v. Dow Chemical Co.	809 F. Supp. 440	7
1996	Marathon Pipe Line Co. v. LaROCHE INDUSTRIES INC.	944 F. Supp. 476	6
1996	Royal Insurance v. Smatco Industries Inc.	201 B.R. 755	5

Showing the 15 most-cited of 35 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 Edith Brown Clement?: President George W. Bush appointed Edith Brown Clement to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 2001.
Was Edith Brown Clement appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Edith Brown Clement was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Edith Brown Clement's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Edith Brown Clement 99–0 on November 13, 2001.
Which court is Edith Brown Clement on?: Edith Brown Clement is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Sources

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