Robert Cameron Broomfield
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert Cameron Broomfield was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. He earned a law degree from University of Arizona College of Law (now James E. Rogers College of Law) in 1961. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1933–2014
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Pennsylvania State 1955 · University of Arizona College of Law (now James E. Rogers College of Law) 1961
- Succeeded by
- Susan Ritchie Bolton
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | District of Arizona | 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
| Pennsylvania State University | B.S. | 1955 |
| University of Arizona College of Law (now James E. Rogers College of Law) | LL.B. | 1961 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Broomfield was assigned 3,908 district-court cases (1982–2014). Median time from filing to termination: 354 days across 3,908 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 55 of Broomfield’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 45 were affirmed, 7 reversed or vacated, and 3 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, Broomfield authored 68 published opinions for the court (1986–2010). Most cited: Johnston v. Parker (In Re Johnston) (29 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Johnston v. Parker (In Re Johnston) | 321 B.R. 262 | 29 |
| 2001 | American Greyhound Racing, Inc. v. Hull | 146 F. Supp. 2d 1012 | 26 |
| 1996 | Ferguson v. City of Phoenix | 931 F. Supp. 688 | 24 |
| 2004 | Lizer v. Eagle Air Med Corp. | 308 F. Supp. 2d 1006 | 22 |
| 1994 | Garcia v. Garcia (In Re Garcia) | 168 B.R. 403 | 21 |
| 1992 | State of Ariz. Ex Rel. Woods v. Nucor Corp. | 825 F. Supp. 1452 | 21 |
| 1994 | Hart v. Clayton-Parker and Associates, Inc. | 869 F. Supp. 774 | 20 |
| 1993 | Arizona Retail Systems, Inc. v. Software Link, Inc. | 831 F. Supp. 759 | 19 |
| 2007 | Mann Ex Rel. Estate of LeapSource, Inc. v. GTCR Golder Rauner, LLC | 483 F. Supp. 2d 884 | 17 |
| 2002 | Smith v. Allstate Insurance | 202 F. Supp. 2d 1061 | 13 |
| 1989 | A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. v. Smith | 736 F. Supp. 1030 | 12 |
| 1988 | Agbanc, Ltd. v. United States | 707 F. Supp. 423 | 12 |
| 1998 | Taylor v. ScottPolar Corp. | 995 F. Supp. 1072 | 11 |
| 1993 | Knight v. United States | 845 F. Supp. 1372 | 10 |
| 1991 | Sonntag v. United States Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service (In Re Equipment Fabricators, Inc.) | 127 B.R. 854 | 10 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 68 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 Robert Cameron Broomfield?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Robert Cameron Broomfield to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 1985.
- Was Robert Cameron Broomfield appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Robert Cameron Broomfield was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Robert Cameron Broomfield's confirmation vote?
- Robert Cameron Broomfield was confirmed by voice vote on July 10, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Robert Cameron Broomfield on?
- Robert Cameron Broomfield was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: US gov (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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28 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).