Eastern District of Missouri / Appointed 1943 / Served to 1956

Rubey Mosley Hulen

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

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1943 and confirmed by voice vote, Rubey Mosley Hulen was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived
1894–1956
Appointed by
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1943
Confirmed
by voice vote

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1943Eastern District of MissouriF.D. Roosevelt (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

Judicial Record

In our data, Hulen authored 48 published opinions for the court (1944–1955). Most cited: Shopmaker v. United States (19 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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

YearCaseCitationCited
1953Shopmaker v. United States119 F. Supp. 70519
1948United States v. Powell81 F. Supp. 28819
1951Welker v. Hefner97 F. Supp. 63014
1950United States v. United States Cartridge Co.95 F. Supp. 38414
1948Affolder v. New York, C. & St. LR Co.79 F. Supp. 36514
1948United States v. Blanton77 F. Supp. 81213
1947Johnson v. Park City Consol. Mines Co.73 F. Supp. 85213
1944In Re Laclede Gas Light Co.57 F. Supp. 99713
1953United States v. Callanan113 F. Supp. 76612
1952LOCAL 1104, ETC. v. Wagner Electric Corp.109 F. Supp. 67512
1948Baltimore & OR Co. v. Thompson80 F. Supp. 57012
1950United States v. 11.06 ACRES OF LAND, ETC.89 F. Supp. 85211
1951Cudney v. Midcontinent Airlines98 F. Supp. 40310
1949Doyle v. Southern Pac. Co.87 F. Supp. 97410
1946Sternberg v. St. Louis Union Trust Co.66 F. Supp. 1610

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 Rubey Mosley Hulen?
President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Rubey Mosley Hulen to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri in 1943.
Was Rubey Mosley Hulen appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Rubey Mosley Hulen was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Rubey Mosley Hulen's confirmation vote?
Rubey Mosley Hulen was confirmed by voice vote on July 8, 1943. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Rubey Mosley Hulen on?
Rubey Mosley Hulen was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri.

Sources

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12 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).