Lourdes Gillespie Baird
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Lourdes Gillespie Baird was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. She earned a law degree from University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law in 1976. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1935 · age 91
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1992
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles 1973 · University of California, Los Angeles, Law 1976
- Succeeded by
- George P. Schiavelli
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Central District of California | G.H.W. Bush (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
| Los Angeles City College | A.A. | 1971 |
| University of California, Los Angeles | B.A. | 1973 |
| University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law | J.D. | 1976 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Baird was assigned 4,088 district-court cases (1988–2005). Median time from filing to termination: 216 days across 4,087 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.
In our data, Baird authored 50 published opinions for the court (1993–2005). Most cited: Perfect 10, Inc. v. Cybernet Ventures, Inc. (53 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Perfect 10, Inc. v. Cybernet Ventures, Inc. | 213 F. Supp. 2d 1146 | 53 |
| 1994 | Sagan v. Apple Computer, Inc. | 874 F. Supp. 1072 | 42 |
| 2000 | United States Ex Rel. Giles v. Sardie | 191 F. Supp. 2d 1117 | 39 |
| 1994 | Federal Trade Commission v. American Standard Credit Systems, Inc. | 874 F. Supp. 1080 | 35 |
| 1998 | Andrews v. Trans Union Corp., Inc. | 7 F. Supp. 2d 1056 | 30 |
| 1995 | Stutz Motor Car of America, Inc. v. Reebok International, Ltd. | 909 F. Supp. 1353 | 30 |
| 1999 | Yousefi v. Lockheed Martin Corp. | 70 F. Supp. 2d 1061 | 29 |
| 1999 | Federal Trade Commission v. Gill | 71 F. Supp. 2d 1030 | 27 |
| 1998 | Jankey v. Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. | 14 F. Supp. 2d 1174 | 25 |
| 2004 | In Re Syncor ERISA Litigation | 351 F. Supp. 2d 970 | 19 |
| 1997 | Fair Housing Congress v. Weber | 993 F. Supp. 1286 | 18 |
| 1997 | Worth v. Universal Pictures, Inc. | 5 F. Supp. 2d 816 | 18 |
| 2001 | Perfect 10, Inc. v. Cybernet Ventures, Inc. | 167 F. Supp. 2d 1114 | 15 |
| 1999 | Colt Studio, Inc. v. Badpuppy Enterprise | 75 F. Supp. 2d 1104 | 15 |
| 1996 | Remington Investments, Inc. v. Kadenacy | 930 F. Supp. 446 | 15 |
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 Lourdes Gillespie Baird?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Lourdes Gillespie Baird to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1992.
- Was Lourdes Gillespie Baird appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Lourdes Gillespie Baird was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Lourdes Gillespie Baird's confirmation vote?
- Lourdes Gillespie Baird was confirmed by voice vote on August 11, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Lourdes Gillespie Baird on?
- Lourdes Gillespie Baird was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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12 years on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).