Who appointed Tena Campbell?

President William J. Clinton appointed Tena Campbell to the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah in 1995.

Was Tena Campbell appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Tena Campbell was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Tena Campbell's confirmation vote?

Tena Campbell was confirmed by voice vote on June 30, 1995. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Utah / Appointed 1995 / Senior status since 2011

Tena Campbell

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Utah

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1995 and confirmed by voice vote, Tena Campbell is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah. She earned a law degree from Arizona State University College of Law (now Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law) in 1977. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1944 · age 82
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1995
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Idaho 1967 · Arizona State College of Law (now Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law) 1977
Succeeded: Bruce Sterling Jenkins
Succeeded by: Robert James Shelby

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1995	District of Utah succeeded Bruce Sterling Jenkins	Clinton (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 Idaho	B.A.	1967
Arizona State University	M.A.	1970
Arizona State University College of Law (now Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law)	J.D.	1977

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Campbell was assigned 4,350 district-court cases (1988–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 310 days across 4,192 closed cases.

Civil rights17%

Contract16%

Prisoner & habeas11%

Personal-injury torts9%

Intellectual property9%

Other federal statutes8%

Other31%

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 180 of Campbell’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 156 were affirmed, 10 reversed or vacated, and 14 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, Campbell authored 81 published opinions for the court (1996–2011). Most cited: Ditty v. Checkrite, Ltd., Inc. (70 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
1997	Ditty v. Checkrite, Ltd., Inc.	973 F. Supp. 1320	70
2006	Great American Insurance v. Woodside Homes Corp.	448 F. Supp. 2d 1275	17
2008	Wilderness Society v. Kane County, Utah	560 F. Supp. 2d 1147	14
1997	Roach v. University of Utah	968 F. Supp. 1446	14
2007	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Merrill Scott & Associates, Ltd.	505 F. Supp. 2d 1193	12
2001	United States v. Tucker	150 F. Supp. 2d 1263	12
2008	Assenov v. University of Utah	553 F. Supp. 2d 1319	11
1999	McCollin v. Synthes Inc.	50 F. Supp. 2d 1119	10
2008	Rupp v. Transcontinental Insurance	627 F. Supp. 2d 1304	9
2002	Precision Vascular Systems, Inc. v. Sarcos L.C.	199 F. Supp. 2d 1181	9
2001	Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance v. Bureau of Land Management	147 F. Supp. 2d 1130	9
1999	Briesch v. Automobile Club of Southern California	40 F. Supp. 2d 1318	9
2008	Direct Mortgage Corp. v. National Union Fire Insurance	625 F. Supp. 2d 1171	8
2008	Voilé Manufacturing Corp. v. Dandurand	551 F. Supp. 2d 1301	8
2007	Farm Bureau Life Insurance v. American National Insurance	505 F. Supp. 2d 1178	8

Showing the 15 most-cited of 81 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 Tena Campbell?: President William J. Clinton appointed Tena Campbell to the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah in 1995.
Was Tena Campbell appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Tena Campbell was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Tena Campbell's confirmation vote?: Tena Campbell was confirmed by voice vote on June 30, 1995. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Tena Campbell on?: Tena Campbell is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah.

Sources

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