Who appointed G. Patrick Murphy?

President William J. Clinton appointed G. Patrick Murphy to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in 1998.

Was G. Patrick Murphy appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

G. Patrick Murphy was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was G. Patrick Murphy's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed G. Patrick Murphy 98–1 on April 2, 1998.

Southern District of Illinois / Appointed 1998 / Served to 2013

G. Patrick Murphy

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1998 and confirmed by the Senate 98–1, G. Patrick Murphy was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. He earned a law degree from Southern Illinois University School of Law in 1978. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1948 · age 78
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1998
Confirmed: 98–1
Education: Southern Illinois 1974 · Southern Illinois Law 1978
Succeeded: William Donald Stiehl
Succeeded by: Nancy Jo Rosenstengel

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1998	Southern District of Illinois succeeded William Donald Stiehl	Clinton (D)	98–1

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 98–1 on April 2, 1998 · 105th Congress, Roll Call 61. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 98

45 D, 53 R

Voted against · 1

1 R

Lauch Faircloth(R-NC)

Did not vote · 1

1 R

Jesse Helms(R-NC)

Education

Southern Illinois University	B.S.	1974
Southern Illinois University School of Law	J.D.	1978

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Murphy was assigned 3,090 district-court cases (1985–2013). Median time from filing to termination: 227 days across 3,090 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts28%

Prisoner & habeas16%

Civil rights12%

Real property12%

Contract11%

Labor & ERISA8%

Other13%

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 77 of Murphy’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 53 were affirmed, 15 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, Murphy authored 51 published opinions for the court (1998–2010). Most cited: Bova v. U.S. Bank, N.A. (103 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
2006	Bova v. U.S. Bank, N.A.	446 F. Supp. 2d 926	103
2006	Rutherford v. Merck & Co., Inc.	428 F. Supp. 2d 842	66
2006	Yount v. Shashek	472 F. Supp. 2d 1055	52
2007	Fuller v. BNSF Railway Co.	472 F. Supp. 2d 1088	35
2006	Lyerla v. AMCO Insurance	461 F. Supp. 2d 834	34
2006	Thomas v. Walton	461 F. Supp. 2d 786	23
2007	Disher v. Citigroup Global Markets, Inc.	487 F. Supp. 2d 1009	20
2006	Cassens v. Cassens	430 F. Supp. 2d 830	20
2007	Vogel v. Merck & Co., Inc.	476 F. Supp. 2d 996	16
2006	Boeckman v. A.G. Edwards, Inc.	461 F. Supp. 2d 801	16
2006	Brooks v. Merck & Co., Inc.	443 F. Supp. 2d 994	16
2007	Asperger v. Shop Vac Corp.	524 F. Supp. 2d 1088	14
2006	Cohee v. McDade	472 F. Supp. 2d 1082	13
2006	LaRoe v. Cassens & Sons, Inc.	472 F. Supp. 2d 1041	13
2009	Kalbfleisch v. Columbia Community Unit School District Unit No. 4	644 F. Supp. 2d 1084	12

Showing the 15 most-cited of 51 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 G. Patrick Murphy?: President William J. Clinton appointed G. Patrick Murphy to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois in 1998.
Was G. Patrick Murphy appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: G. Patrick Murphy was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was G. Patrick Murphy's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed G. Patrick Murphy 98–1 on April 2, 1998.
Which court was G. Patrick Murphy on?: G. Patrick Murphy was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois.

Sources

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