Florence-Marie Cooper
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1999 and confirmed by voice vote, Florence-Marie Cooper was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. She earned a law degree from Whittier College School of Law in 1975. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1940–2010
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1999
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Whittier College Law 1975
- Succeeded
- Linda Hodge McLaughlin
- Succeeded by
- John Arnold Kronstadt
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Central District of California succeeded Linda Hodge McLaughlin | 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
| City College of San Francisco | 1971 | |
| Whittier College School of Law | J.D. | 1975 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Cooper was assigned 3,221 district-court cases (1991–2009). Median time from filing to termination: 197 days across 3,221 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 119 of Cooper’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 92 were affirmed, 18 reversed or vacated, and 9 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, Cooper authored 66 published opinions for the court (2000–2009). Most cited: Garcia v. Wachovia Mortgage Corp. (33 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Garcia v. Wachovia Mortgage Corp. | 676 F. Supp. 2d 895 | 33 |
| 2006 | Los Angeles Times Communications, LLC v. Department of the Army | 442 F. Supp. 2d 880 | 27 |
| 2001 | Altmann v. Republic of Austria | 142 F. Supp. 2d 1187 | 26 |
| 2004 | Celador International Ltd. v. Walt Disney Co. | 347 F. Supp. 2d 846 | 22 |
| 2001 | Inland Mediation Board v. City of Pomona | 158 F. Supp. 2d 1120 | 19 |
| 2000 | Cairns v. Franklin Mint Co. | 107 F. Supp. 2d 1212 | 19 |
| 2002 | United States v. AMC Entertainment, Inc. | 232 F. Supp. 2d 1092 | 13 |
| 2007 | Bunnell v. Motion Picture Ass'n of America | 567 F. Supp. 2d 1148 | 11 |
| 2002 | Bayaa v. United Airlines, Inc. | 249 F. Supp. 2d 1198 | 10 |
| 2005 | Imax Corp. v. In-Three, Inc. | 385 F. Supp. 2d 1030 | 9 |
| 2004 | AMERICAN ASS'N OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES v. Shelley | 324 F. Supp. 2d 1120 | 9 |
| 2001 | Electropix v. Liberty Livewire Corp. | 178 F. Supp. 2d 1125 | 9 |
| 2000 | Cairns v. Franklin Mint Co. | 115 F. Supp. 2d 1185 | 9 |
| 2006 | In Re Edward Jones Holders Litigation | 453 F. Supp. 2d 1210 | 8 |
| 2004 | Johnson v. Aljian | 394 F. Supp. 2d 1184 | 8 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 66 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 Florence-Marie Cooper?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Florence-Marie Cooper to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1999.
- Was Florence-Marie Cooper appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Florence-Marie Cooper was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Florence-Marie Cooper's confirmation vote?
- Florence-Marie Cooper was confirmed by voice vote on November 10, 1999. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Florence-Marie Cooper on?
- Florence-Marie Cooper was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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10 years on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).