Rodney Scott Webb
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987 and confirmed by voice vote, Rodney Scott Webb was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota. He earned a law degree from University of North Dakota School of Law in 1959. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1935–2009
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1987
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of North Dakota 1957 · University of North Dakota Law 1959
- Succeeded
- Paul Benson
- Succeeded by
- Ralph R. Erickson
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | District of North Dakota succeeded Paul Benson | 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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Webb was assigned 1,850 district-court cases (1983–2009). Median time from filing to termination: 203 days across 1,850 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 18 of Webb’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 17 were affirmed, 1 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, Webb authored 54 published opinions for the court (1989–2005). Most cited: Drayton Enterprises, L.L.C. v. Dunker (16 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Drayton Enterprises, L.L.C. v. Dunker | 142 F. Supp. 2d 1177 | 16 |
| 1994 | Thomson v. Olson | 866 F. Supp. 1267 | 16 |
| 1989 | Myrick v. Devils Lake Sioux Manufacturing Corp. | 718 F. Supp. 753 | 15 |
| 1991 | Herrmann v. E.W. Wylie Corp. | 766 F. Supp. 800 | 14 |
| 1991 | Norling v. Valley Contracting and Pre-Mix | 773 F. Supp. 186 | 11 |
| 2002 | FarmPro Services, Inc. v. Brown | 276 B.R. 620 | 9 |
| 1995 | United States v. Lindgren | 883 F. Supp. 1321 | 9 |
| 1997 | De Llano v. NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVER. | 951 F. Supp. 168 | 7 |
| 2002 | Fish v. Ristvedt | 192 F. Supp. 2d 1024 | 6 |
| 1997 | Kaler v. Craig (In Re Craig) | 204 B.R. 756 | 6 |
| 1994 | United States v. Sargent County Water Resource District | 876 F. Supp. 1090 | 6 |
| 1993 | Farmers Union Oil Co., of Rolla v. Allied Products Corp. | 162 B.R. 834 | 6 |
| 2003 | United States v. Dyck | 287 F. Supp. 2d 1016 | 5 |
| 2002 | Johnson v. Marciniak | 231 F. Supp. 2d 958 | 5 |
| 2002 | Devitt v. Potter | 234 F. Supp. 2d 1034 | 5 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 54 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 Scott Webb?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Rodney Scott Webb to the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota in 1987.
- Was Rodney Scott Webb appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Rodney Scott Webb was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Rodney Scott Webb's confirmation vote?
- Rodney Scott Webb was confirmed by voice vote on December 19, 1987. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Rodney Scott Webb on?
- Rodney Scott Webb was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota.
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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21 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).