Who appointed Margaret M. Morrow?

President William J. Clinton appointed Margaret M. Morrow to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1998.

Was Margaret M. Morrow appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Margaret M. Morrow was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Margaret M. Morrow's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Margaret M. Morrow 67–28 on February 11, 1998.

Central District of California / Appointed 1998 / Served to 2016

Margaret M. Morrow

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1998 and confirmed by the Senate 67–28, Margaret M. Morrow was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. She earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1950 · age 76
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1998
Confirmed: 67–28
Education: Bryn Mawr College 1971 · Harvard Law School 1974
Succeeded: Richard Arthur Gadbois Jr.
Succeeded by: Hernán Diego Vera

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1998	Central District of California succeeded Richard Arthur Gadbois Jr.	Clinton (D)	67–28

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 67–28 on February 11, 1998 · 105th Congress, Roll Call 11. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 67

42 D, 25 R

Voted against · 28

28 R

Did not vote · 5

3 D, 2 R

Education

Bryn Mawr College	A.B.	1971
Harvard Law School	J.D.	1974

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Morrow was assigned 5,070 district-court cases (1988–2015). Median time from filing to termination: 196 days across 5,070 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas17%

Civil rights14%

Contract13%

Other federal statutes13%

Intellectual property12%

Labor & ERISA11%

Other20%

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 210 of Morrow’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 165 were affirmed, 20 reversed or vacated, and 25 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, Morrow authored 79 published opinions for the court (1998–2011). Most cited: Neilson v. Union Bank of California, N.A. (244 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
2003	Neilson v. Union Bank of California, N.A.	290 F. Supp. 2d 1101	244
2010	Landstar Ranger, Inc. v. PARTH ENTERPRISES, INC.	725 F. Supp. 2d 916	195
2002	California Department of Toxic Substances Control v. Alco Pacific, Inc.	217 F. Supp. 2d 1028	127
2002	Kenneth Rothschild Trust v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter	199 F. Supp. 2d 993	93
2006	Louis v. McCormick & Schmick Restaurant Corp.	460 F. Supp. 2d 1153	86
2011	Cholakyan v. MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC	796 F. Supp. 2d 1220	69
2010	Crispin v. Christian Audigier, Inc.	717 F. Supp. 2d 965	69
2009	Allstar Marketing Group, LLC v. Your Store Online, LLC	666 F. Supp. 2d 1109	62
2007	Edwards v. Toys\	527 F. Supp. 2d 1197	53
2008	Butler v. Los Angeles County	617 F. Supp. 2d 994	47
2003	Carson Harbor Village, Ltd. v. Unocal Corp.	287 F. Supp. 2d 1118	46
2002	Sarei v. Rio Tinto PLC.	221 F. Supp. 2d 1116	45
2010	Grant v. Aurora Loan Services, Inc.	736 F. Supp. 2d 1257	42
2008	Izenberg v. ETS SERVICES, LLC	589 F. Supp. 2d 1193	40
2002	Wady v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. of America	216 F. Supp. 2d 1060	40

Showing the 15 most-cited of 79 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 Margaret M. Morrow?: President William J. Clinton appointed Margaret M. Morrow to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1998.
Was Margaret M. Morrow appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Margaret M. Morrow was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Margaret M. Morrow's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Margaret M. Morrow 67–28 on February 11, 1998.
Which court was Margaret M. Morrow on?: Margaret M. Morrow was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Sources

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17 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).