James Anthony Redden
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, James Anthony Redden was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. He earned a law degree from Boston College Law School in 1954. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1929–2020
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1980
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Boston College Law School 1954
- Succeeded by
- Ann L. Aiken
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | District of Oregon | Carter (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
| Boston College Law School | LL.B. | 1954 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Redden was assigned 2,390 district-court cases (1978–2014). Median time from filing to termination: 214 days across 2,389 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 16 of Redden’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 16 were affirmed, 0 reversed or vacated. 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, Redden authored 117 published opinions for the court (1980–2011). Most cited: Martino v. Carey (34 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Martino v. Carey | 563 F. Supp. 984 | 34 |
| 1985 | Ahern v. Gaussoin | 611 F. Supp. 1465 | 30 |
| 2003 | National Wildlife Federation v. National Marine Fisheries Service | 254 F. Supp. 2d 1196 | 26 |
| 1990 | Official Airline Guides, Inc. v. Churchfield Publications, Inc. | 756 F. Supp. 1393 | 25 |
| 1980 | Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc. v. C. Itoh & Co. (America) Inc. | 499 F. Supp. 829 | 21 |
| 1998 | Green v. Housing Authority of Clackamas County | 994 F. Supp. 1253 | 20 |
| 1991 | Federal Deposit Insurance v. Continental Casualty Co. | 796 F. Supp. 1344 | 16 |
| 2007 | Saenz v. Trans Union, LLC | 621 F. Supp. 2d 1074 | 13 |
| 1985 | Agristor Credit Corp. v. Schmidlin | 601 F. Supp. 1307 | 13 |
| 1990 | Defrees v. US, Through US Forest Service | 738 F. Supp. 380 | 12 |
| 1989 | Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Nizdil | 709 F. Supp. 975 | 12 |
| 1987 | Aspen Title & Escrow, Inc. v. Jeld-Wen, Inc. | 677 F. Supp. 1477 | 12 |
| 1986 | Estey & Associates, Inc. v. McCulloch Corp. | 663 F. Supp. 167 | 12 |
| 1997 | Nash v. Resources, Inc. | 982 F. Supp. 1427 | 11 |
| 1993 | Dutson v. Farmers Insurance Exchange | 815 F. Supp. 349 | 11 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 117 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 Anthony Redden?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed James Anthony Redden to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in 1980.
- Was James Anthony Redden appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- James Anthony Redden was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was James Anthony Redden's confirmation vote?
- James Anthony Redden was confirmed by voice vote on February 20, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was James Anthony Redden on?
- James Anthony Redden 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: Marion County (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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40 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).