Who appointed Robert Edward Jones?

President George H.W. Bush appointed Robert Edward Jones to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in 1990.

Was Robert Edward Jones appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Robert Edward Jones was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Robert Edward Jones's confirmation vote?

Robert Edward Jones was confirmed by voice vote on April 27, 1990. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Oregon / Appointed 1990 / Served to 2025

Robert Edward Jones

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert Edward Jones was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. He earned a law degree from Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College in 1953. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1927–2025
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1990
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Hawaii 1949 · Northwestern Law of Lewis and Clark College 1953
Succeeded: James Milton Burns
Succeeded by: Michael W. Mosman

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1990	District of Oregon succeeded James Milton Burns	G.H.W. Bush (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 Hawaii	B.A.	1949
Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College	LL.B.	1953

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Jones was assigned 2,973 district-court cases (1985–2022). Median time from filing to termination: 220 days across 2,972 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas28%

Civil rights16%

Personal-injury torts14%

Contract11%

Labor & ERISA7%

Other federal statutes6%

Other18%

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 Jones’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 37 were affirmed, 11 reversed or vacated, and 7 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, Jones authored 142 published opinions for the court (1990–2010). Most cited: Riggs v. Plaid Pantries, Inc. (65 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
2001	Riggs v. Plaid Pantries, Inc.	233 F. Supp. 2d 1260	65
1994	United States v. Stanwood	872 F. Supp. 791	47
1993	Ratto v. Secretary, Department of Health & Human Services	839 F. Supp. 1415	43
1994	United States v. Branum	872 F. Supp. 801	33
1996	Freedman v. Louisiana-Pacific Corp.	922 F. Supp. 377	31
1995	United States v. Sherrett	877 F. Supp. 519	24
1996	Robins v. Scholastic Book Fairs	928 F. Supp. 1027	22
2001	Glass v. Hillsboro School District 1J	142 F. Supp. 2d 1286	21
2000	Mart v. Beebe	94 F. Supp. 2d 1120	19
1996	Planned Parenthood of Columbia/Williamette, Inc. v. American Coalition of Life Activists	945 F. Supp. 1355	18
1997	Friends of the Wild Swan, Inc. v. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service	12 F. Supp. 2d 1121	16
1997	UMATILLA WATERQUALITY PROTECT. ASSOCIATION, INC. v. Smith Frozen Foods, Inc.	962 F. Supp. 1312	16
1995	Blackthorne v. Posner	883 F. Supp. 1443	16
2000	Washington v. Fort James Operating Co.	110 F. Supp. 2d 1325	15
1999	Planned Parenthood of Columbia/Willamette, Inc. v. American Coalition of Life Activists	41 F. Supp. 2d 1130	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 142 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 Edward Jones?: President George H.W. Bush appointed Robert Edward Jones to the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon in 1990.
Was Robert Edward Jones appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Robert Edward Jones was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Robert Edward Jones's confirmation vote?: Robert Edward Jones was confirmed by voice vote on April 27, 1990. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Robert Edward Jones on?: Robert Edward Jones was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon.

Sources

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