Roger Gordon Strand
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Roger Gordon Strand was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. He earned a law degree from Cornell Law School in 1961. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1934–2017
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Hamilton College 1955 · Cornell Law School 1961
- Succeeded
- Charles Andrew Muecke
- Succeeded by
- Frederick J. Martone
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | District of Arizona succeeded Charles Andrew Muecke | 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
| Hamilton College | B.A. | 1955 |
| Cornell Law School | LL.B. | 1961 |
| National College of State Trial Judges (now National Judicial College) | 1968 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Strand was assigned 3,269 district-court cases (1978–2014). Median time from filing to termination: 290 days across 3,269 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 12 of Strand’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 12 were affirmed, 0 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, Strand authored 22 published opinions for the court (1988–2000). Most cited: Meredith v. Meredith (31 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Meredith v. Meredith | 759 F. Supp. 1432 | 31 |
| 1995 | United States v. Crumby | 895 F. Supp. 1354 | 30 |
| 1995 | Gerlaugh v. Lewis | 898 F. Supp. 1388 | 23 |
| 1990 | Havasupai Tribe v. United States | 752 F. Supp. 1471 | 20 |
| 1995 | Luckette v. Lewis | 883 F. Supp. 471 | 19 |
| 1988 | Chambers v. Valley National Bank of Arizona | 721 F. Supp. 1128 | 18 |
| 1994 | Riely v. Reno | 860 F. Supp. 693 | 17 |
| 1990 | Raetzel v. Parks/Bellemont Absentee Election Board | 762 F. Supp. 1354 | 13 |
| 2000 | Grant v. Bristol-Myers Squibb | 97 F. Supp. 2d 986 | 11 |
| 1994 | Kelley v. City of Mesa | 873 F. Supp. 320 | 4 |
| 1989 | Phoenix Baptist Hospital & Medical Center v. United States | 728 F. Supp. 1423 | 4 |
| 1991 | Benshoof v. National Gypsum Co. | 761 F. Supp. 677 | 3 |
| 1989 | Newbery Corp. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance Co. | 106 B.R. 186 | 3 |
| 1990 | Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) v. United States | 752 F. Supp. 1505 | 2 |
| 1989 | Colorado River Indian Tribes v. Town of Parker | 705 F. Supp. 473 | 2 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 22 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 Roger Gordon Strand?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Roger Gordon Strand to the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona in 1985.
- Was Roger Gordon Strand appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Roger Gordon Strand was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Roger Gordon Strand's confirmation vote?
- Roger Gordon Strand was confirmed by voice vote on July 19, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Roger Gordon Strand on?
- Roger Gordon Strand 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
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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32 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).