Terence Thomas Evans
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1995 and confirmed by voice vote, Terence Thomas Evans was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. He earned a law degree from Marquette University Law School in 1967. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1940–2011
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1995
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Marquette 1962 · Marquette Law School 1967
- Succeeded
- Richard Dickson Cudahy
- Succeeded by
- Michael Brian Brennan
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Eastern District of Wisconsin | Carter (D) | Voice vote |
| 1995 | Seventh Circuit succeeded Richard Dickson Cudahy | 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
| Marquette University | B.A. | 1962 |
| Marquette University Law School | J.D. | 1967 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Evans was assigned 931 district-court cases (1980–2000). Median time from filing to termination: 226 days across 930 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.
In our data, Evans authored 198 published opinions for the court (1980–2011). Most cited: Kellar v. Summit Seating Inc. (149 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Kellar v. Summit Seating Inc. | 664 F.3d 169 | 149 |
| 2011 | Barton v. Zimmer, Inc. | 662 F.3d 448 | 134 |
| 2011 | Overly v. Keybank National Ass'n | 662 F.3d 856 | 51 |
| 1980 | BenShalom v. Secretary of Army | 489 F. Supp. 964 | 39 |
| 1993 | Baugh v. City of Milwaukee | 823 F. Supp. 1452 | 28 |
| 1988 | Suburban Video, Inc. v. City of Delafield | 694 F. Supp. 585 | 24 |
| 1982 | O'LEARY v. Sterling Extruder Corp. | 533 F. Supp. 1205 | 22 |
| 1985 | Eckles v. Wisconsin Higher Education Corp. (In Re Eckles) | 52 B.R. 433 | 21 |
| 1983 | Koehring Co. v. American Mutual Liability Insurance | 564 F. Supp. 303 | 21 |
| 1986 | United States v. Estevez | 645 F. Supp. 869 | 19 |
| 2008 | Al-Siddiqi, Mohamed v. Achim, Deborah | 531 F.3d 490 | 18 |
| 1994 | Midwest Helicopters Airways, Inc. v. Sikorsky Aircraft | 849 F. Supp. 666 | 18 |
| 1992 | Saltarikos v. Charter Manufacturing Co. | 782 F. Supp. 420 | 14 |
| 1980 | Pigee v. Israel | 503 F. Supp. 1170 | 14 |
| 1980 | Record Head Corp. v. Sachen | 498 F. Supp. 88 | 14 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 198 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 Terence Thomas Evans?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Terence Thomas Evans to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 1995.
- Was Terence Thomas Evans appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Terence Thomas Evans was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Terence Thomas Evans's confirmation vote?
- Terence Thomas Evans was confirmed by voice vote on August 11, 1995. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Terence Thomas Evans on?
- Terence Thomas Evans was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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15 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).