Richard Dean Rogers
Appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1975 and confirmed by voice vote, Richard Dean Rogers was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. He earned a law degree from University of Kansas School of Law in 1947. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1921–2016
- Appointed by
- Gerald Ford, 1975
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science (now Kansas State Univ.) 1943 · University of Kansas Law 1947
- Succeeded
- Henry George Templar
- Succeeded by
- George Thomas VanBebber
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | District of Kansas succeeded Henry George Templar | Ford (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
| Kansas State College of Agriculture and Applied Science (now Kansas State Univ.) | B.S. | 1943 |
| University of Kansas School of Law | J.D. | 1947 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Rogers was assigned 3,379 district-court cases (1951–2015). Median time from filing to termination: 264 days across 3,378 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 80 of Rogers’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 76 were affirmed, 4 reversed or vacated. 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, Rogers authored 316 published opinions for the court (1975–2011). Most cited: In Re Frost (64 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | In Re Frost | 47 B.R. 961 | 64 |
| 1977 | Bell v. Employee Security Benefit Ass'n | 437 F. Supp. 382 | 53 |
| 1978 | Professional Investors Life Insurance v. Roussel | 445 F. Supp. 687 | 47 |
| 1978 | Stueve v. American Honda Motors Co., Inc. | 457 F. Supp. 740 | 44 |
| 1994 | American Freight System, Inc. v. Consumer Products Associates (In Re American Freight System, Inc.) | 164 B.R. 341 | 39 |
| 1990 | Laughinghouse v. Risser | 754 F. Supp. 836 | 37 |
| 1979 | Jones v. B. C. Christopher & Co. | 466 F. Supp. 213 | 37 |
| 1980 | Thermal Insulation Systems, Inc. v. Ark-Seal Corp. | 508 F. Supp. 434 | 35 |
| 1978 | Hiatt Grain & Feed, Inc. v. Bergland | 446 F. Supp. 457 | 35 |
| 1977 | Rinsley v. Brandt | 446 F. Supp. 850 | 33 |
| 1993 | Flight Concepts Ltd. Partnership v. Boeing Co. | 819 F. Supp. 1535 | 32 |
| 1991 | Merchants Nat. Bank v. Safrabank (California) | 776 F. Supp. 538 | 25 |
| 1994 | Farm Credit Bank of Wichita v. Hodgson (In Re Hodgson) | 167 B.R. 945 | 24 |
| 1980 | United States v. Schrum | 504 F. Supp. 23 | 24 |
| 1977 | Fotomat Corp. v. Cochran | 437 F. Supp. 1231 | 24 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 316 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 Dean Rogers?
- President Gerald Ford appointed Richard Dean Rogers to the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas in 1975.
- Was Richard Dean Rogers appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Richard Dean Rogers was appointed by President Gerald Ford, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Richard Dean Rogers's confirmation vote?
- Richard Dean Rogers was confirmed by voice vote on July 31, 1975. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Richard Dean Rogers on?
- Richard Dean Rogers was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Government (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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41 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).