Who appointed Nanette Kay Laughrey?

President William J. Clinton appointed Nanette Kay Laughrey to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in 1996.

Was Nanette Kay Laughrey appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Nanette Kay Laughrey was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Nanette Kay Laughrey's confirmation vote?

Nanette Kay Laughrey was confirmed by voice vote on July 24, 1996. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Missouri / Appointed 1996 / Senior status since 2011

Nanette Kay Laughrey

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1996 and confirmed by voice vote, Nanette Kay Laughrey is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. She earned a law degree from University of Missouri School of Law in 1975. She previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1946 · age 80
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1996
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of California, Los Angeles 1967 · University of Missouri Law 1975
Succeeded: Joseph Edward Stevens Jr.
Succeeded by: Brian Curtis Wimes

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1996	Eastern District of Missouri succeeded Joseph Edward Stevens Jr.	Clinton (D)	Voice vote
1996	Western District of Missouri succeeded Joseph Edward Stevens Jr.	Clinton (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 California, Los Angeles	B.A.	1967
University of Missouri School of Law	J.D.	1975

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Laughrey was assigned 5,059 district-court cases (1989–2023). Median time from filing to termination: 205 days across 5,057 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas29%

Civil rights17%

Personal-injury torts10%

Contract10%

Other civil matters8%

Social Security8%

Other18%

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 614 of Laughrey’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 365 were affirmed, 216 reversed or vacated, and 33 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, Laughrey authored 69 published opinions for the court (1997–2011). Most cited: Kautsch v. Premier Communications (57 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
2007	Kautsch v. Premier Communications	504 F. Supp. 2d 685	57
2007	Young v. Cerner Corp.	503 F. Supp. 2d 1226	18
1999	Mason v. Schriro	45 F. Supp. 2d 709	17
2005	International Casings Group, Inc. v. Premium Standard Farms, Inc.	358 F. Supp. 2d 863	14
2006	Peters v. Union Pacific Railroad	455 F. Supp. 2d 998	12
2003	Missouri Child Care Ass'n v. Martin	241 F. Supp. 2d 1032	12
1999	At & T Communications of the Southwest, Inc. v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.	86 F. Supp. 2d 932	10
1998	K.C. 1986 Ltd. Partnership v. Reade Manufacturing	33 F. Supp. 2d 820	10
1997	Dean v. United States	987 F. Supp. 1160	10
2011	Hiltibran v. Levy	793 F. Supp. 2d 1108	8
2006	Crum v. Missouri Director of Revenue	455 F. Supp. 2d 978	7
2005	Wickersham v. City of Columbia, Mo.	371 F. Supp. 2d 1061	7
1997	Cawthon v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.	965 F. Supp. 1262	7
2010	Ringo v. Lombardi	706 F. Supp. 2d 952	6
2008	Roberts v. Source for Public Data	606 F. Supp. 2d 1042	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 69 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 Nanette Kay Laughrey?: President William J. Clinton appointed Nanette Kay Laughrey to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in 1996.
Was Nanette Kay Laughrey appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Nanette Kay Laughrey was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Nanette Kay Laughrey's confirmation vote?: Nanette Kay Laughrey was confirmed by voice vote on July 24, 1996. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Nanette Kay Laughrey on?: Nanette Kay Laughrey is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Sources

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