Who appointed Edward Willis Nottingham Jr.?

President George H.W. Bush appointed Edward Willis Nottingham Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado in 1989.

Was Edward Willis Nottingham Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Edward Willis Nottingham Jr. 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 Willis Nottingham Jr.'s confirmation vote?

Edward Willis Nottingham Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on November 21, 1989. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Colorado / Appointed 1989 / Served to 2008

Edward Willis Nottingham Jr.

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

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1989 and confirmed by voice vote, Edward Willis Nottingham Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado. He earned a law degree from University of Colorado Law School in 1972. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1948 · age 78
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1989
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Cornell 1969 · University of Colorado Law School 1972
Succeeded by: William Joseph Martinez

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1989	District of Colorado	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

Cornell University	A.B.	1969
University of Colorado Law School	J.D.	1972

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Nottingham was assigned 6,704 district-court cases (1950–2008). Median time from filing to termination: 199 days across 6,679 closed cases.

Criminal23%

Civil rights17%

Prisoner & habeas15%

Contract14%

Personal-injury torts8%

Other federal statutes5%

Other18%

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 32 of Nottingham’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 32 were affirmed, 0 reversed or vacated. 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, Nottingham authored 105 published opinions for the court (1990–2008). Most cited: Montez v. Romer (37 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
1999	Montez v. Romer	32 F. Supp. 2d 1235	37
2007	Andropolis v. Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, Inc.	505 F. Supp. 2d 662	28
2004	Nobody in Particular Presents, Inc. v. Clear Channel Communications, Inc.	311 F. Supp. 2d 1048	26
1992	Mass v. Martin Marietta Corp.	805 F. Supp. 1530	26
2007	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Outback Steak House of Florida, Inc.	520 F. Supp. 2d 1250	25
1995	Lodge Tower Condominium Ass'n v. Lodge Properties, Inc.	880 F. Supp. 1370	22
2006	Gotfredson v. LARSEN LP	432 F. Supp. 2d 1163	21
1992	Smalley & Co. v. Emerson & Cuming, Inc.	808 F. Supp. 1503	21
2000	Dahlberg v. Avis Rent a Car System, Inc.	92 F. Supp. 2d 1091	18
1993	United States v. Hart	826 F. Supp. 380	18
1996	Lahey v. Covington	964 F. Supp. 1440	17
1990	Everitt v. Brezzel	750 F. Supp. 1063	17
1999	Weinman, Cohen & Niebrugge, P.C. v. Peters (In Re Printcrafters, Inc.)	233 B.R. 113	16
1999	Federal Election Commission v. Colorado Republican Federal Campaign Committee	41 F. Supp. 2d 1197	16
1996	White v. Denny's Inc.	918 F. Supp. 1418	16

Showing the 15 most-cited of 105 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 Willis Nottingham Jr.?: President George H.W. Bush appointed Edward Willis Nottingham Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado in 1989.
Was Edward Willis Nottingham Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Edward Willis Nottingham Jr. 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 Willis Nottingham Jr.'s confirmation vote?: Edward Willis Nottingham Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on November 21, 1989. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Edward Willis Nottingham Jr. on?: Edward Willis Nottingham Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado.

Sources

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