James Robert Browning

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Appointed by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 and confirmed by voice vote, James Robert Browning was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Montana School of Law in 1941. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived

1918–2012

Appointed by

John F. Kennedy, 1961

Confirmed

by voice vote

Education

University of Montana Law 1941

Succeeded

Walter Lyndon Pope

Succeeded by

Sandra Segal Ikuta

Federal judicial service

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

In our data, Browning authored 2 published opinions for the court (2007). Most cited: Oregon Natural Resources Council Fund v. Brong (69 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Showing the 2 most-cited of 2 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 James Robert Browning?

President John F. Kennedy appointed James Robert Browning to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1961.

Was James Robert Browning appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

James Robert Browning was appointed by President John F. Kennedy, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was James Robert Browning's confirmation vote?

James Robert Browning was confirmed by voice vote on September 14, 1961. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Which court was James Robert Browning on?

James Robert Browning was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

50 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).