Melvin T. Brunetti

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Melvin T. Brunetti was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law, San Francisco) in 1964. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived

1933–2009

Appointed by

Ronald Reagan, 1985

Confirmed

by voice vote

Education

University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law, San Francisco) 1964

Succeeded

Herbert Young Cho Choy

Succeeded by

Johnnie B. Rawlinson

Federal judicial service

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

Judicial Record

In our data, Brunetti authored 1 published opinion for the court (2009). Most cited: Sznewajs v. U.S. Bancorp Amended & Restated Supplemental Benefits Plan (39 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Showing the 1 most-cited of 1 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 Melvin T. Brunetti?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Melvin T. Brunetti to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1985.

Was Melvin T. Brunetti appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Melvin T. Brunetti was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Melvin T. Brunetti's confirmation vote?

Melvin T. Brunetti was confirmed by voice vote on April 3, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Which court was Melvin T. Brunetti on?

Melvin T. Brunetti was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

24 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).