Marion Jones Callister
Appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1976 and confirmed by voice vote, Marion Jones Callister was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. He earned a law degree from University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law) in 1951. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1921–1997
- Appointed by
- Gerald Ford, 1976
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Utah 1950 · University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law) 1951
- Succeeded
- J. Blaine Anderson
- Succeeded by
- Edward J. Lodge
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | District of Idaho succeeded J. Blaine Anderson | Ford (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
| University of Utah | B.S.L. | 1950 |
| University of Utah College of Law (now S.J. Quinney College of Law) | J.D. | 1951 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Callister was assigned 340 district-court cases (1980–1997). Median time from filing to termination: 444 days across 340 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, Callister authored 46 published opinions for the court (1976–1992). Most cited: State of Idaho v. Freeman (49 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | State of Idaho v. Freeman | 507 F. Supp. 706 | 49 |
| 1985 | State of Idaho v. Oregon Short Line R. Co. | 617 F. Supp. 207 | 33 |
| 1979 | State of Idaho v. Freeman | 478 F. Supp. 33 | 28 |
| 1988 | Unigard Mutual Insurance v. McCarty's, Inc. | 756 F. Supp. 1366 | 24 |
| 1988 | Windsor v. Guarantee Trust Life Insurance | 684 F. Supp. 630 | 17 |
| 1983 | James v. KID Broadcasting Corp. | 559 F. Supp. 1153 | 17 |
| 1985 | Jenkins v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | 643 F. Supp. 17 | 15 |
| 1985 | State of Idaho v. Oregon Short Line R. Co. | 617 F. Supp. 213 | 14 |
| 1976 | Sonderegger v. United States Department of the Interior | 424 F. Supp. 847 | 14 |
| 1984 | Adams v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | 596 F. Supp. 1407 | 13 |
| 1990 | Fetterly v. Paskett | 747 F. Supp. 594 | 12 |
| 1987 | State of Idaho v. Hanna Min. Co. | 699 F. Supp. 827 | 12 |
| 1982 | State of Idaho v. Freeman | 529 F. Supp. 1107 | 12 |
| 1986 | State of Idaho v. Howmet Turbine Component Corp. | 627 F. Supp. 1274 | 10 |
| 1989 | United States v. Pacific Hide & Fur Depot, Inc. | 716 F. Supp. 1341 | 9 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 46 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 Marion Jones Callister?
- President Gerald Ford appointed Marion Jones Callister to the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho in 1976.
- Was Marion Jones Callister appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Marion Jones Callister was appointed by President Gerald Ford, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Marion Jones Callister's confirmation vote?
- Marion Jones Callister was confirmed by voice vote on August 26, 1976. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Marion Jones Callister on?
- Marion Jones Callister was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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20 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).