Owen Murphy Panner
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, Owen Murphy Panner was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. He earned a law degree from University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1949. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1924–2018
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1980
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Oklahoma College of Law 1949
- Succeeded
- Otto Richard Skopil Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Ancer Lee Haggerty
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | District of Oregon succeeded Otto Richard Skopil Jr. | Carter (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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Panner was assigned 2,886 district-court cases (1975–2016). Median time from filing to termination: 212 days across 2,886 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.
On appeal
Of 79 of Panner’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 64 were affirmed, 9 reversed or vacated, and 6 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, Panner authored 159 published opinions for the court (1980–2010). Most cited: Schmidt v. Safeway Inc. (80 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Schmidt v. Safeway Inc. | 864 F. Supp. 991 | 80 |
| 1981 | Harvey v. United Adjusters | 509 F. Supp. 1218 | 35 |
| 1990 | Great Northern Insurance v. Benjamin Franklin Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n | 793 F. Supp. 259 | 34 |
| 1982 | Albers v. Whitley | 546 F. Supp. 726 | 27 |
| 1990 | LeMaire v. Maass | 745 F. Supp. 623 | 25 |
| 1988 | Schmoll v. Acands, Inc. | 703 F. Supp. 868 | 22 |
| 2002 | Securities & Exchange Commission v. Alpha Telcom, Inc. | 187 F. Supp. 2d 1250 | 21 |
| 1999 | Van Eeton v. Beebe | 49 F. Supp. 2d 1186 | 21 |
| 1990 | Far West Federal Bank, S.B. v. Director, Office of Thrift Supervision | 746 F. Supp. 1042 | 21 |
| 1980 | Maurer v. Harris | 502 F. Supp. 320 | 21 |
| 1988 | Persons v. City of Gresham, Or. | 704 F. Supp. 191 | 19 |
| 1984 | Schroeder v. Hegstrom | 590 F. Supp. 121 | 18 |
| 1983 | Rogue Valley Stations, Inc. v. Birk Oil Co. | 568 F. Supp. 337 | 18 |
| 1999 | Alwaday v. Beebe | 43 F. Supp. 2d 1130 | 16 |
| 1994 | Delker v. Maass | 843 F. Supp. 1390 | 15 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 159 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 Owen Murphy Panner?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Owen Murphy Panner to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in 1980.
- Was Owen Murphy Panner appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Owen Murphy Panner was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Owen Murphy Panner's confirmation vote?
- Owen Murphy Panner was confirmed by voice vote on February 20, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Owen Murphy Panner on?
- Owen Murphy Panner was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.
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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38 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).