Richard Arthur Gadbois Jr.
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982 and confirmed by voice vote, Richard Arthur Gadbois Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned a law degree from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California in 1958. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1932–1996
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1982
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- St. John's 1955 · Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California 1958
- Succeeded
- Irving Hill
- Succeeded by
- Margaret M. Morrow
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Central District of California succeeded Irving Hill | 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
| St. John's University | A.B. | 1955 |
| Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, California | J.D. | 1958 |
| University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law) | 1960 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Gadbois was assigned 1,290 district-court cases (1984–1996). Median time from filing to termination: 205 days across 1,290 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.
In our data, Gadbois authored 38 published opinions for the court (1983–1996). Most cited: Sykes Laboratory, Inc. v. Kalvin (49 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Sykes Laboratory, Inc. v. Kalvin | 610 F. Supp. 849 | 49 |
| 1993 | Rose v. City of Los Angeles | 814 F. Supp. 878 | 22 |
| 1983 | California Hospital Ass'n v. Henning | 569 F. Supp. 1544 | 22 |
| 1995 | Busch v. Torres | 905 F. Supp. 766 | 17 |
| 1993 | Dease v. City of Anaheim | 826 F. Supp. 336 | 16 |
| 1992 | Baxter Diagnostics Inc. v. AVL Scientific Corp. | 798 F. Supp. 612 | 15 |
| 1994 | Blecher & Collins, P.C. v. Northwest Airlines, Inc. | 858 F. Supp. 1442 | 14 |
| 1993 | Morton v. Rank America, Inc. | 812 F. Supp. 1062 | 11 |
| 1990 | Austin v. McNamara | 731 F. Supp. 934 | 11 |
| 1986 | Virden v. Graphics One | 623 F. Supp. 1417 | 9 |
| 1994 | In Re Circuit Breaker Litigation | 860 F. Supp. 1453 | 8 |
| 1985 | Sacks v. Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. | 627 F. Supp. 377 | 8 |
| 1985 | Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Moral Majority, Inc. | 606 F. Supp. 1526 | 8 |
| 1987 | Guzman v. Van Demark | 651 F. Supp. 1180 | 7 |
| 1985 | Murdock-SC Associates v. Beverly Hills Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n | 624 F. Supp. 948 | 7 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 38 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 Richard Arthur Gadbois Jr.?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Richard Arthur Gadbois Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1982.
- Was Richard Arthur Gadbois Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Richard Arthur Gadbois Jr. was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Richard Arthur Gadbois Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Richard Arthur Gadbois Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on July 27, 1982. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Richard Arthur Gadbois Jr. on?
- Richard Arthur Gadbois Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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14 years on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).