Henry Edward Autrey
Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by the Senate 98–0, Henry Edward Autrey is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. He earned a law degree from St. Louis University School of Law in 1977. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1952 · age 74
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush, 2002
- Confirmed
- 98–0
- Education
- St. Louis 1974 · St. Louis Law 1977
- Succeeded
- George F. Gunn Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Eastern District of Missouri succeeded George F. Gunn Jr. | G.W. Bush (R) | 98–0 |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.
Confirmation vote
The senator-by-senator roll call for this vote hasn’t been ingested yet.
Education
| St. Louis University | B.S. | 1974 |
| St. Louis University School of Law | J.D. | 1977 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Autrey was assigned 3,741 district-court cases (1972–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 213 days across 3,216 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 355 of Autrey’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 305 were affirmed, 35 reversed or vacated, and 15 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, Autrey authored 26 published opinions for the court (2002–2011). Most cited: Noodles Development v. Ninth Street Partners (33 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Noodles Development v. Ninth Street Partners | 507 F. Supp. 2d 1030 | 33 |
| 2010 | Henke v. Arco Midcon, LLC | 750 F. Supp. 2d 1052 | 26 |
| 2005 | Stanger v. Smith & Nephew, Inc. | 401 F. Supp. 2d 974 | 9 |
| 2011 | Gordon v. Astrue | 801 F. Supp. 2d 846 | 8 |
| 2004 | United States v. Kaiser | 308 F. Supp. 2d 946 | 8 |
| 2006 | Bracht v. Grushewsky | 448 F. Supp. 2d 1103 | 6 |
| 2007 | Worch v. Wolpoff & Abramson, LLP | 477 F. Supp. 2d 1015 | 4 |
| 2007 | Anderson v. Waddle | 474 F. Supp. 2d 1116 | 4 |
| 2003 | Easy Returns Worldwide, Inc. v. United States | 266 F. Supp. 2d 1014 | 4 |
| 2006 | Collora v. Reynolds Tobacco Co. | 428 F. Supp. 2d 1018 | 3 |
| 2010 | Neighborhood Enterprises v. City of St. Louis, Mo. | 718 F. Supp. 2d 1025 | 2 |
| 2010 | ROCK HILL MECHANICAL, INC. v. Liebert Corp. | 707 F. Supp. 2d 998 | 2 |
| 2006 | Mattingly v. Medtronic, Inc. | 466 F. Supp. 2d 1170 | 2 |
| 2006 | Monsanto Co. v. David | 448 F. Supp. 2d 1088 | 2 |
| 2009 | President Casinos, Inc. v. Columbia Sussex Corp. (In Re President Casinos, Inc.) | 419 B.R. 381 | 1 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 26 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 Henry Edward Autrey?
- President George W. Bush appointed Henry Edward Autrey to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in 2002.
- Was Henry Edward Autrey appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Henry Edward Autrey was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Henry Edward Autrey's confirmation vote?
- The Senate confirmed Henry Edward Autrey 98–0 on August 1, 2002.
- Which court is Henry Edward Autrey on?
- Henry Edward Autrey is 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
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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24 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).