G. Murray Snow
Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2008 and confirmed by voice vote, G. Murray Snow is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. He earned a law degree from Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School in 1987. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1959 · age 67
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush, 2008
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Brigham Young 1984 · Brigham Young, J. Reuben Clark Law School 1987
- Succeeded
- Stephen M. McNamee
- Succeeded by
- Sharad Harshad Desai
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | District of Arizona succeeded Stephen M. McNamee | G.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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Snow was assigned 3,774 district-court cases (1990–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 158 days across 3,482 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 319 of Snow’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 242 were affirmed, 49 reversed or vacated, and 28 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, Snow authored 21 published opinions for the court (2008–2011). Most cited: Golden Scorpio Corp. v. Steel Horse Bar & Grill (24 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Golden Scorpio Corp. v. Steel Horse Bar & Grill | 596 F. Supp. 2d 1282 | 24 |
| 2008 | Lacy v. County of Maricopa | 631 F. Supp. 2d 1183 | 16 |
| 2009 | Jones v. General Motors Corp. | 640 F. Supp. 2d 1124 | 15 |
| 2010 | Patterson v. Home Depot, USA, Inc. | 684 F. Supp. 2d 1170 | 11 |
| 2009 | Doe v. Dickenson | 615 F. Supp. 2d 1002 | 10 |
| 2010 | Jimenez v. Servicios Agricolas Mex, Inc. | 742 F. Supp. 2d 1078 | 9 |
| 2010 | Securities & Exchange Commission v. Jenkins | 718 F. Supp. 2d 1070 | 8 |
| 2009 | Gilding v. Carr | 608 F. Supp. 2d 1147 | 7 |
| 2010 | Jake's Granite Supplies, L.L.C. v. Beaver (In Re Jake's Granite Supplies, L.L.C.) | 442 B.R. 694 | 6 |
| 2009 | Harris v. Schriro | 652 F. Supp. 2d 1024 | 6 |
| 2011 | Puzz v. Chase Home Finance, LLC | 763 F. Supp. 2d 1116 | 5 |
| 2009 | In Re Medicis Pharmaceutical Corp. Securities Litigation | 689 F. Supp. 2d 1192 | 5 |
| 2008 | Lacy v. County of Maricopa | 631 F. Supp. 2d 1197 | 3 |
| 2011 | Tennenbaum v. Arizona City Sanitary District | 799 F. Supp. 2d 1083 | 2 |
| 2010 | Hernandez v. Arizona | 702 F. Supp. 2d 1119 | 2 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 21 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. Murray Snow?
- President George W. Bush appointed G. Murray Snow to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 2008.
- Was G. Murray Snow appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- G. Murray Snow was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was G. Murray Snow's confirmation vote?
- G. Murray Snow was confirmed by voice vote on June 26, 2008. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is G. Murray Snow on?
- G. Murray Snow is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.
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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18 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).