Who appointed Edward J. Lodge?

President George H.W. Bush appointed Edward J. Lodge to the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho in 1989.

Was Edward J. Lodge appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Edward J. Lodge 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 Edward J. Lodge's confirmation vote?

Edward J. Lodge was confirmed by voice vote on November 21, 1989. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Idaho / Appointed 1989 / Senior status since 2015

Edward J. Lodge

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1989 and confirmed by voice vote, Edward J. Lodge is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. He earned a law degree from University of Idaho College of Law in 1961. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1933 · age 93
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1989
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: College of Idaho 1957 · University of Idaho College of Law 1961
Succeeded: Marion Jones Callister
Succeeded by: David Charles Nye

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1989	District of Idaho succeeded Marion Jones Callister	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

College of Idaho	B.A.	1957
University of Idaho College of Law	LL.B.	1961

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Lodge was assigned 5,225 district-court cases (1980–2019). Median time from filing to termination: 285 days across 5,225 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas23%

Contract16%

Civil rights14%

Personal-injury torts13%

Other federal statutes9%

Real property5%

Other20%

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 242 of Lodge’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 203 were affirmed, 20 reversed or vacated, and 19 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, Lodge authored 53 published opinions for the court (1990–2011). Most cited: United States v. Taigen & Sons, Inc. (12 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
2003	United States v. Taigen & Sons, Inc.	303 F. Supp. 2d 1129	12
1999	Monarch Greenback, LLC v. Monticello Insurance	118 F. Supp. 2d 1068	11
1994	Trinity Mountain Seed Co. v. MSD AGVET	844 F. Supp. 597	11
2008	McWilliams v. Latah Sanitation, Inc.	554 F. Supp. 2d 1165	10
2001	Kootenai Tribe of Idaho v. Veneman	142 F. Supp. 2d 1231	10
2005	Strong v. Unumprovident Corp.	393 F. Supp. 2d 1012	9
2010	Intermountain Fair Housing Council v. Boise Rescue Mission Ministries	717 F. Supp. 2d 1101	8
1998	United States v. Idaho	95 F. Supp. 2d 1094	8
1998	At & T CORP. v. Coeur D'Alene Tribe	45 F. Supp. 2d 995	7
2010	American Independence Mines & Minerals Co. v. United States Department of Agriculture	733 F. Supp. 2d 1241	6
2010	Nampa Classical Academy v. Goesling	714 F. Supp. 2d 1079	6
2010	QUALITY RESOURCE & SERVICES, INC. v. Idaho Power Company	706 F. Supp. 2d 1088	6
2005	United States v. Asarco Inc.	471 F. Supp. 2d 1063	6
1997	Jane Doe v. Madison School Dist. No. 321	7 F. Supp. 2d 1110	6
1993	State of Idaho v. MA Hanna Co.	819 F. Supp. 1464	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 53 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 Edward J. Lodge?: President George H.W. Bush appointed Edward J. Lodge to the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho in 1989.
Was Edward J. Lodge appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Edward J. Lodge 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 Edward J. Lodge's confirmation vote?: Edward J. Lodge was confirmed by voice vote on November 21, 1989. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Edward J. Lodge on?: Edward J. Lodge is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho.

Sources

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