Francis Arthur Garrecht

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

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933 and confirmed by voice vote, Francis Arthur Garrecht was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived

1870–1948

Appointed by

Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933

Confirmed

by voice vote

Succeeded

Frank H. Rudkin

Succeeded by

Walter Lyndon Pope

Federal judicial service

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

Judicial Record

In our data, Garrecht authored 1 published opinion for the court (1935). Most cited: Surety Finance Co. v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue (4 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

Showing the 1 most-cited of 1 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 Francis Arthur Garrecht?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Francis Arthur Garrecht to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1933.

Was Francis Arthur Garrecht appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Francis Arthur Garrecht was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Francis Arthur Garrecht's confirmation vote?

Francis Arthur Garrecht was confirmed by voice vote on May 16, 1933. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Which court was Francis Arthur Garrecht on?

Francis Arthur Garrecht was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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