Who appointed R. Kenton Musgrave?

President Ronald Reagan appointed R. Kenton Musgrave to the U.S. Court of International Trade in 1987.

Was R. Kenton Musgrave appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

R. Kenton Musgrave was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was R. Kenton Musgrave's confirmation vote?

R. Kenton Musgrave was confirmed by voice vote on November 6, 1987. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

U.S. Court of International Trade / Appointed 1987 / Served to 2023

R. Kenton Musgrave

Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987 and confirmed by voice vote, R. Kenton Musgrave was a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade. He earned a law degree from Emory University School of Law in 1953. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1927–2023
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1987
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Washington 1948 · Emory Law 1953
Succeeded: Morgan Dennis Ford
Succeeded by: Richard K. Eaton

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1987	U.S. Court of International Trade succeeded Morgan Dennis Ford	Reagan (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 Washington	B.A.	1948
Emory University School of Law	J.D.	1953

Judicial Record

In our data, Musgrave authored 105 published opinions for the court (1988–2018). Most cited: American Silicon Technologies v. United States (28 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
2000	American Silicon Technologies v. United States	110 F. Supp. 2d 992	28
2013	Gold East Paper (Jiangsu) Co. v. United States	918 F. Supp. 2d 1317	23
2013	Advanced Tech. & Materials Co., Ltd. v. United States	938 F. Supp. 2d 1342	21
2003	AK Steel Corp. v. United States	281 F. Supp. 2d 1318	20
1991	China National Arts & Crafts Import & Export Corp. v. United States	771 F. Supp. 407	16
2004	AK Steel Corp. v. United States	346 F. Supp. 2d 1348	14
1990	American NTN Bearing Manufacturing Corp. v. United States	739 F. Supp. 1555	14
2009	Diamond Sawblades Manufacturers Coalition v. United States	650 F. Supp. 2d 1331	13
1990	Former Employees of Parallel Petroleum Corp. v. U.S. Secretary of Labor	731 F. Supp. 524	13
1989	Sony Corp. of America v. United States	712 F. Supp. 978	12
2015	Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. v. United States	61 F. Supp. 3d 1306	11
2002	American Silicon Technologies v. United States	240 F. Supp. 2d 1306	10
1993	Suramerica De Aleaciones Laminadas, C.A. v. United States	818 F. Supp. 348	10
1990	Industrial Quimica Del Nalon, S.A. v. United States	729 F. Supp. 103	10
1990	Norcal/Crosetti Foods, Inc. v. United States Customs Service	731 F. Supp. 510	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 105 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 R. Kenton Musgrave?: President Ronald Reagan appointed R. Kenton Musgrave to the U.S. Court of International Trade in 1987.
Was R. Kenton Musgrave appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: R. Kenton Musgrave was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was R. Kenton Musgrave's confirmation vote?: R. Kenton Musgrave was confirmed by voice vote on November 6, 1987. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was R. Kenton Musgrave on?: R. Kenton Musgrave was a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade.

Sources

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35 years on the U.S. Court of International Trade. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).