Who appointed Stephen Roy Reinhardt?

President Jimmy Carter appointed Stephen Roy Reinhardt to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1980.

Was Stephen Roy Reinhardt appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Stephen Roy Reinhardt was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Stephen Roy Reinhardt's confirmation vote?

Stephen Roy Reinhardt was confirmed by voice vote on September 11, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Ninth Circuit / Appointed 1980 / Served to 2018

Stephen Roy Reinhardt

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, Stephen Roy Reinhardt was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1954. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1931–2018
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1980
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Pomona College 1951 · Yale Law School 1954
Succeeded by: Kenneth Kiyul Lee

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1980	Ninth Circuit	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

Pomona College	B.A.	1951
Yale Law School	LL.B.	1954

Judicial Record

In our data, Reinhardt authored 33 published opinions for the court (2007–2012). Most cited: Whittlestone, Inc. v. Handi-Craft Co. (698 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2010	Whittlestone, Inc. v. Handi-Craft Co.	618 F.3d 970	698
2008	Surrell v. California Water Service Co.	518 F.3d 1097	374
2010	United States v. Signed Personal Check No. 730 of Mesle	615 F.3d 1085	361
2009	Klein v. City of San Clemente	584 F.3d 1196	204
2010	Campbell v. Henry	614 F.3d 1056	113
2009	Independent Living Center of Southern California, Inc. v. Maxwell-Jolly	572 F.3d 644	94
2008	Miller v. Davis	521 F.3d 1142	84
2008	Zhao v. Mukasey	540 F.3d 1027	71
2009	United States v. Saavedra-Velazquez	578 F.3d 1103	70
2008	Halicki Films, LLC v. Sanderson Sales & Marketing	547 F.3d 1213	66
2009	Mendoza v. Miranda	559 F.3d 999	49
2010	California Pharmacists Ass'n v. Maxwell-Jolly	596 F.3d 1098	44
2008	United States v. McTiernan	546 F.3d 1160	43
2008	Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Winter	518 F.3d 658	43
2009	Minasyan v. Mukasey	553 F.3d 1224	42

Showing the 15 most-cited of 33 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 Stephen Roy Reinhardt?: President Jimmy Carter appointed Stephen Roy Reinhardt to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1980.
Was Stephen Roy Reinhardt appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Stephen Roy Reinhardt was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Stephen Roy Reinhardt's confirmation vote?: Stephen Roy Reinhardt was confirmed by voice vote on September 11, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Stephen Roy Reinhardt on?: Stephen Roy Reinhardt was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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37 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).