Scott Olin Wright
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Scott Olin Wright was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. He earned a law degree from University of Missouri School of Law in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1923–2016
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Missouri Law 1950
- Succeeded by
- Gary A. Fenner
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Western District of Missouri | Carter (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 Missouri School of Law | LL.B. | 1950 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Wright was assigned 7,970 district-court cases (1976–2014). Median time from filing to termination: 265 days across 7,969 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 176 of Wright’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 157 were affirmed, 12 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, Wright authored 216 published opinions for the court (1980–2010). Most cited: United States v. Conservation Chemical Co. (212 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | United States v. Conservation Chemical Co. | 619 F. Supp. 162 | 212 |
| 1986 | United States v. Conservation Chemical Co. | 653 F. Supp. 152 | 69 |
| 1986 | United States v. Conservation Chemical Co. | 628 F. Supp. 391 | 65 |
| 1984 | Dealy v. Heckler | 616 F. Supp. 880 | 39 |
| 1996 | Wilkins v. Bowersox | 933 F. Supp. 1496 | 28 |
| 1981 | Commerce Bank of Kansas City v. Roberts (In Re Roberts) | 8 B.R. 291 | 24 |
| 1984 | Folz v. Marriott Corp. | 594 F. Supp. 1007 | 22 |
| 1984 | Underwood v. DeLay (In Re DeLay) | 48 B.R. 282 | 21 |
| 1987 | Dody v. Brown | 659 F. Supp. 541 | 19 |
| 1987 | Reproductive Health Services v. Webster | 662 F. Supp. 407 | 18 |
| 1981 | Sayers v. General Motors Acceptance Corp. | 522 F. Supp. 835 | 18 |
| 1987 | United States v. Lawless (In Re Lawless) | 79 B.R. 850 | 17 |
| 1982 | Von Der Ahe v. Flint Hills Foods, Inc. (In Re Isis Foods, Inc.) | 27 B.R. 156 | 17 |
| 1984 | Fritts v. Niehouse | 604 F. Supp. 823 | 16 |
| 1982 | Allison v. Block | 556 F. Supp. 400 | 16 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 216 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 Scott Olin Wright?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Scott Olin Wright to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri in 1979.
- Was Scott Olin Wright appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Scott Olin Wright was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Scott Olin Wright's confirmation vote?
- Scott Olin Wright was confirmed by voice vote on September 25, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Scott Olin Wright on?
- Scott Olin Wright was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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36 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).