James Alger Fee
Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954 and confirmed by voice vote, James Alger Fee was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1914. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1888–1959
- Appointed by
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Whitman College 1910 · Columbia Law School 1914
- Succeeded
- Clifton Mathews
- Succeeded by
- Montgomery Oliver Koelsch
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | District of Oregon succeeded Robert Sharp Bean | Hoover (R) | Voice vote |
| 1954 | Ninth Circuit succeeded Clifton Mathews | Eisenhower (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
| Whitman College | A.B. | 1910 |
| Columbia Law School | LL.B. | 1914 |
Judicial Record
In our data, Fee authored 37 published opinions for the court (1932–1954). Most cited: Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Northern Pacific Terminal Co. (23 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
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Montgomery Ward & Co. v. Northern Pacific Terminal Co. | 128 F. Supp. 475 | 23 |
| 1945 | United States v. Florea | 68 F. Supp. 367 | 21 |
| 1947 | United States v. Bink | 74 F. Supp. 603 | 20 |
| 1952 | Worley v. United States | 119 F. Supp. 719 | 19 |
| 1944 | United States v. Aho | 68 F. Supp. 358 | 19 |
| 1940 | Stone v. Christensen | 36 F. Supp. 739 | 19 |
| 1943 | United States v. Bauman | 56 F. Supp. 109 | 15 |
| 1940 | Fleming v. Salem Box Co. | 38 F. Supp. 997 | 15 |
| 1952 | Clark v. United States | 109 F. Supp. 213 | 14 |
| 1950 | Ure v. United States | 93 F. Supp. 779 | 14 |
| 1942 | Swiderski v. Moodenbaugh | 44 F. Supp. 687 | 14 |
| 1937 | United States v. Vlahos | 19 F. Supp. 166 | 14 |
| 1945 | United States v. Gossler | 60 F. Supp. 971 | 12 |
| 1933 | The Mercier | 5 F. Supp. 511 | 12 |
| 1948 | United States v. Bishop | 76 F. Supp. 866 | 11 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 37 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 Alger Fee?
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed James Alger Fee to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1954.
- Was James Alger Fee appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- James Alger Fee was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was James Alger Fee's confirmation vote?
- James Alger Fee was confirmed by voice vote on April 23, 1954. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was James Alger Fee on?
- James Alger Fee was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
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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5 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).