George F. Gunn Jr.
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, George F. Gunn Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. He earned a law degree from Washington University School of Law in 1955. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1927–1998
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri 1950 · Washington Law 1955
- Succeeded by
- Henry Edward Autrey
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Eastern District of Missouri | Reagan (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, Gunn was assigned 1,846 district-court cases (1985–1998). Median time from filing to termination: 308 days across 1,846 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.
In our data, Gunn authored 235 published opinions for the court (1985–1998). Most cited: Richardson v. United Parcel Service (36 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Richardson v. United Parcel Service | 195 B.R. 737 | 36 |
| 1989 | Russell v. Eaves | 722 F. Supp. 558 | 30 |
| 1995 | Visintine v. Saab Auto. AB | 891 F. Supp. 496 | 24 |
| 1995 | Ferry v. Roosevelt Bank | 883 F. Supp. 435 | 22 |
| 1995 | Friedman v. Melp, Ltd. (In Re Melp, Ltd.) | 179 B.R. 636 | 22 |
| 1991 | Le Duc v. Bujake | 777 F. Supp. 10 | 22 |
| 1994 | Coulter Corp. v. Leinert | 869 F. Supp. 732 | 21 |
| 1996 | US Ex Rel. O'Keefe v. McDonnell Douglas Corp. | 918 F. Supp. 1338 | 19 |
| 1987 | Monroe v. Consolidated Freightways, Inc. | 654 F. Supp. 661 | 19 |
| 1991 | National Union Fire Ins. v. Structural Sys. Tech. | 756 F. Supp. 1232 | 18 |
| 1988 | ASSOCIATED PETRO. PROD. v. Treco 3 Rivers Energy | 692 F. Supp. 1070 | 18 |
| 1986 | Bastien v. R. Rowland & Co. | 631 F. Supp. 1554 | 18 |
| 1996 | Alton v. United States | 928 F. Supp. 885 | 17 |
| 1994 | Martin v. Constance | 843 F. Supp. 1321 | 17 |
| 1995 | US Ex Rel. Lamar v. Burke | 894 F. Supp. 1345 | 15 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 235 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 George F. Gunn Jr.?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed George F. Gunn Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in 1985.
- Was George F. Gunn Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- George F. Gunn Jr. was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was George F. Gunn Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- George F. Gunn Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on May 3, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was George F. Gunn Jr. on?
- George F. Gunn Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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13 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).