Who appointed Lee Roy West?

President Jimmy Carter appointed Lee Roy West to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma in 1979.

Was Lee Roy West appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Lee Roy West was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Lee Roy West's confirmation vote?

Lee Roy West was confirmed by voice vote on October 31, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Western District of Oklahoma / Appointed 1979 / Served to 2020

Lee Roy West

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Lee Roy West was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. He earned a law degree from University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1956. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1929–2020
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1979
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Oklahoma 1952 · University of Oklahoma College of Law 1956
Succeeded by: Vicki Miles-LaGrange

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1979	Western District of Oklahoma	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

University of Oklahoma	B.A.	1952
University of Oklahoma	B.A.	1952
University of Oklahoma College of Law	J.D.	1956
Harvard Law School	LL.M.	1963

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, West was assigned 3,280 district-court cases (1980–2018). Median time from filing to termination: 188 days across 3,280 closed cases.

Contract18%

Prisoner & habeas18%

Civil rights17%

Personal-injury torts14%

Real property12%

Other federal statutes6%

Other15%

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 90 of West’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 78 were affirmed, 4 reversed or vacated, and 8 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, West authored 50 published opinions for the court (1980–2011). Most cited: Professional Asset Management, Inc. v. Penn Square Bank, N.A. (32 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	Professional Asset Management, Inc. v. Penn Square Bank, N.A.	566 F. Supp. 134	32
1980	Amoco Pipeline Co. v. Montgomery	487 F. Supp. 1268	31
1988	Amarex, Inc. v. Marathon Oil Co. (In Re Amarex, Inc.)	88 B.R. 362	25
1987	Limited Partners' Committee of Amarex, Inc. v. Official Trade Creditors' Committee of Amarex, Inc. (In Re Amarex, Inc.)	78 B.R. 605	24
1991	Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Black	777 F. Supp. 919	17
1986	United States v. Reedy	632 F. Supp. 1415	16
1989	National Indemnity Co. v. United States Pollution Control, Inc.	717 F. Supp. 765	15
1991	Powell v. American Cas. Co. of Reading, Pa.	772 F. Supp. 1188	12
1984	Libertarian Party v. Oklahoma State Election Board	593 F. Supp. 118	11
1990	Micro Consulting, Inc. v. Zubeldia	813 F. Supp. 1514	10
1986	Richey v. Westinghouse Credit Corp.	667 F. Supp. 752	10
1986	American Petrofina Co. of Texas v. Nance	697 F. Supp. 1183	10
1981	Morrison v. United Parcel Service	515 F. Supp. 1317	9
1988	United States v. Wilson	686 F. Supp. 284	7
1987	Miskovsky v. Skinner	88 B.R. 360	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 50 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 Lee Roy West?: President Jimmy Carter appointed Lee Roy West to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma in 1979.
Was Lee Roy West appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Lee Roy West was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Lee Roy West's confirmation vote?: Lee Roy West was confirmed by voice vote on October 31, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Lee Roy West on?: Lee Roy West was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.

Sources

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40 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).