Who appointed Terence C. Kern?

President William J. Clinton appointed Terence C. Kern to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma in 1994.

Was Terence C. Kern appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Terence C. Kern 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 C. Kern's confirmation vote?

Terence C. Kern was confirmed by voice vote on June 8, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of Oklahoma / Appointed 1994 / Senior status since 2010

Terence C. Kern

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Terence C. Kern is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. He earned a law degree from University of Oklahoma College of Law in 1969. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1944 · age 82
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1994
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Oklahoma State 1966 · University of Oklahoma College of Law 1969
Succeeded by: John Edward Dowdell

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	Northern District of Oklahoma	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

Oklahoma State University	B.S.	1966
University of Oklahoma College of Law	J.D.	1969
University of Virginia School of Law	LL.M., judicial process	2004

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Kern was assigned 4,609 district-court cases (1989–2024). Median time from filing to termination: 280 days across 4,603 closed cases.

Civil rights20%

Contract18%

Prisoner & habeas16%

Personal-injury torts11%

Labor & ERISA7%

Real property6%

Other22%

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 211 of Kern’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 178 were affirmed, 17 reversed or vacated, and 16 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, Kern authored 67 published opinions for the court (1995–2011). Most cited: Flowers v. EZPawn Oklahoma, Inc. (21 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
2004	Flowers v. EZPawn Oklahoma, Inc.	307 F. Supp. 2d 1191	21
2000	Alexander v. Smith & Nephew, P.L.C.	98 F. Supp. 2d 1310	16
1995	Linn v. Developmental Services of Tulsa, Inc.	891 F. Supp. 574	12
2011	Childs v. UNIFIED LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY	781 F. Supp. 2d 1240	11
1997	NMP Corp. v. Parametric Technology Corp.	958 F. Supp. 1536	11
2008	Alltech Communications, LLC v. Brothers	601 F. Supp. 2d 1255	10
2008	Langenfeld v. Chase Bank USA, N.A.	537 F. Supp. 2d 1181	10
2009	Crowe & Dunlevy, P.C. v. Stidham	609 F. Supp. 2d 1211	9
2005	Young v. City of Claremore, Okla.	411 F. Supp. 2d 1295	9
1999	Verrett v. SABRE Group, Inc.	70 F. Supp. 2d 1277	9
1999	United States Ex Rel. Koch v. Koch Industries, Inc.	57 F. Supp. 2d 1122	9
1997	Griffin v. Steeltek, Inc.	964 F. Supp. 317	9
1995	Oklahoma Disability Law Center, Inc. v. Dillon Family & Youth Services, Inc.	879 F. Supp. 1110	9
2010	Valley View Development, Inc. v. United States Ex Rel. United States Army Corps of Engineers	721 F. Supp. 2d 1024	8
2007	Babb v. Eagleton	616 F. Supp. 2d 1195	8

Showing the 15 most-cited of 67 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 C. Kern?: President William J. Clinton appointed Terence C. Kern to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma in 1994.
Was Terence C. Kern appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Terence C. Kern 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 C. Kern's confirmation vote?: Terence C. Kern was confirmed by voice vote on June 8, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Terence C. Kern on?: Terence C. Kern is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma.

Sources

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