Garr M. King
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1998 and confirmed by voice vote, Garr M. King was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. He earned a law degree from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College in 1963. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1936–2019
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1998
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Northwestern Law of Lewis and Clark College 1963
- Succeeded
- Helen Jackson Frye
- Succeeded by
- Marco Antonio Hernandez
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | District of Oregon succeeded Helen Jackson Frye | 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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, King was assigned 2,108 district-court cases (1974–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 233 days across 2,105 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 103 of King’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 75 were affirmed, 16 reversed or vacated, and 12 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, King authored 81 published opinions for the court (1998–2011). Most cited: Adidas-America, Inc. v. Payless Shoesource, Inc. (25 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Adidas-America, Inc. v. Payless Shoesource, Inc. | 546 F. Supp. 2d 1029 | 25 |
| 2004 | Estate of Pond v. Oregon | 322 F. Supp. 2d 1161 | 22 |
| 2006 | Oregon Natural Desert Ass'n v. Gutierrez | 409 F. Supp. 2d 1237 | 19 |
| 2006 | Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, Inc. v. Bush | 451 F. Supp. 2d 1215 | 16 |
| 2003 | United States v. Greathouse | 297 F. Supp. 2d 1264 | 14 |
| 2007 | Trout Unlimited v. Lohn | 645 F. Supp. 2d 929 | 13 |
| 2001 | Oregon Paralyzed Veterans of America v. Regal Cinemas, Inc. | 142 F. Supp. 2d 1293 | 13 |
| 2010 | Hoang v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. | 724 F. Supp. 2d 1094 | 12 |
| 2008 | Adidas America, Inc. v. Payless Shoesource, Inc. | 540 F. Supp. 2d 1176 | 12 |
| 2002 | Volm v. Legacy Health System, Inc. | 237 F. Supp. 2d 1166 | 12 |
| 2007 | Adidas America, Inc. v. Payless Shoesource, Inc. | 529 F. Supp. 2d 1215 | 10 |
| 2001 | Pascoe v. Mentor Graphics Corp. | 199 F. Supp. 2d 1034 | 10 |
| 2007 | Oregon Natural Desert Ass'n v. Lohn | 485 F. Supp. 2d 1190 | 9 |
| 2005 | Schray v. Fireman's Fund Insurance | 402 F. Supp. 2d 1212 | 9 |
| 2002 | United States v. Betters | 229 F. Supp. 2d 1103 | 9 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 81 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 Garr M. King?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Garr M. King to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in 1998.
- Was Garr M. King appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Garr M. King was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Garr M. King's confirmation vote?
- Garr M. King was confirmed by voice vote on April 27, 1998. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Garr M. King on?
- Garr M. King was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.
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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20 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).