Who appointed Rodney W. Sippel?

President William J. Clinton appointed Rodney W. Sippel to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in 1997.

Was Rodney W. Sippel appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Rodney W. Sippel was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Rodney W. Sippel's confirmation vote?

Rodney W. Sippel was confirmed by voice vote on November 8, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Missouri / Appointed 1997 / Senior status since 2023

Rodney W. Sippel

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by voice vote, Rodney W. Sippel is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. He earned a law degree from Washington University School of Law in 1981. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1956 · age 70
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1997
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Tulsa 1978 · Washington Law 1981
Succeeded: Stephen Nathaniel Limbaugh
Succeeded by: Joshua Michael Divine

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1997	Eastern District of Missouri succeeded Stephen Nathaniel Limbaugh	Clinton (D)	Voice vote
1997	Western District of Missouri succeeded Stephen Nathaniel Limbaugh	Clinton (D)	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 Tulsa	B.S.	1978
Washington University School of Law	J.D.	1981

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Sippel was assigned 5,892 district-court cases (1985–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 409 days across 5,668 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts42%

Other civil matters9%

Civil rights9%

Contract8%

Prisoner & habeas8%

Labor & ERISA6%

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 333 of Sippel’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 300 were affirmed, 20 reversed or vacated, and 13 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, Sippel authored 48 published opinions for the court (1998–2011). Most cited: Green v. Missouri (21 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
2010	Green v. Missouri	734 F. Supp. 2d 814	21
2009	GRBA-CRAGHEAD v. Astrue	669 F. Supp. 2d 991	18
1998	Beussink v. Woodland R-IV School District	30 F. Supp. 2d 1175	14
1998	Colony Ins. Co. v. Pinewoods Enterprises, Inc.	29 F. Supp. 2d 1079	14
2006	Murphy v. Midland Credit Management, Inc.	456 F. Supp. 2d 1082	11
2002	Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. City Merchandise	176 F. Supp. 2d 951	10
2000	Nick v. Morgan's Foods, Inc.	99 F. Supp. 2d 1056	9
1998	Carl D. v. SPECIAL SCHOOL DIST. OF ST. LOUIS	21 F. Supp. 2d 1042	8
2005	Harris v. Swan, Inc.	459 F. Supp. 2d 857	7
1998	Stodghill v. SERVICE EMPLOYEES'INT'L UNION	13 F. Supp. 2d 960	7
2000	Nofles v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.	101 F. Supp. 2d 805	6
1998	Eveready Battery Co., Inc. v. Zinc Products Co.	21 F. Supp. 2d 1060	5
2001	Evans v. Siegel-Robert, Inc.	139 F. Supp. 2d 1120	4
2006	McIntosh v. Monsanto Co.	462 F. Supp. 2d 1025	3
2006	Fields v. Roper	448 F. Supp. 2d 1113	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 48 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 Rodney W. Sippel?: President William J. Clinton appointed Rodney W. Sippel to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in 1997.
Was Rodney W. Sippel appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Rodney W. Sippel was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Rodney W. Sippel's confirmation vote?: Rodney W. Sippel was confirmed by voice vote on November 8, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Rodney W. Sippel on?: Rodney W. Sippel is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Sources

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