Who appointed Procter Ralph Hug Jr.?

President Jimmy Carter appointed Procter Ralph Hug Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1977.

Was Procter Ralph Hug Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Procter Ralph Hug Jr. was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Procter Ralph Hug Jr.'s confirmation vote?

Procter Ralph Hug Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on September 15, 1977. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Ninth Circuit / Appointed 1977 / Served to 2017

Procter Ralph Hug Jr.

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

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 and confirmed by voice vote, Procter Ralph Hug Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Stanford Law School in 1958. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1931–2019
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1977
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Nevada, Reno 1953 · Stanford Law School 1958
Succeeded: Benjamin Cushing Duniway
Succeeded by: Jay S. Bybee

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1977	Ninth Circuit succeeded Benjamin Cushing Duniway	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

University of Nevada, Reno	B.S.	1953
Stanford Law School	LL.B.	1958

Judicial Record

In our data, Hug authored 10 published opinions for the court (2007–2011). Most cited: Earl v. Nielsen Media Research, Inc. (281 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

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2011	Earl v. Nielsen Media Research, Inc.	658 F.3d 1108	281
2010	Dunn v. Castro	621 F.3d 1196	145
2010	United States v. Wright	625 F.3d 583	111
2010	Su Hwa She v. Holder	629 F.3d 958	63
2007	Racusin v. American Wagering, Inc.	493 F.3d 1067	36
2007	Camins v. Gonzales	500 F.3d 872	34
2010	Ocampo v. Holder	629 F.3d 923	17
2008	Center for Policy Analysis on Trade & Health v. Office of United States Trade Representative	540 F.3d 940	17
2008	Busseto Foods, Inc. v. Laizure	548 F.3d 693	13
2009	Kardoh v. United States	572 F.3d 697	10

Showing the 10 most-cited of 10 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 Procter Ralph Hug Jr.?: President Jimmy Carter appointed Procter Ralph Hug Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1977.
Was Procter Ralph Hug Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Procter Ralph Hug Jr. was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Procter Ralph Hug Jr.'s confirmation vote?: Procter Ralph Hug Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on September 15, 1977. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Procter Ralph Hug Jr. on?: Procter Ralph Hug Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Sources

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40 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).