Vaughn R. Walker
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1989 and confirmed by voice vote, Vaughn R. Walker was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He earned a law degree from Stanford Law School in 1970. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1944 · age 82
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1989
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Michigan 1966 · Stanford Law School 1970
- Succeeded
- Spencer Mortimer Williams
- Succeeded by
- Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Northern District of California succeeded Spencer Mortimer Williams | G.H.W. Bush (R) | 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 Michigan | A.B. | 1966 |
| Stanford Law School | J.D. | 1970 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Walker was assigned 5,780 district-court cases (1975–2010). Median time from filing to termination: 224 days across 5,779 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 137 of Walker’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 106 were affirmed, 6 reversed or vacated, and 25 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, Walker authored 143 published opinions for the court (1990–2010). Most cited: In Re Tableware Antitrust Litigation (198 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | In Re Tableware Antitrust Litigation | 484 F. Supp. 2d 1078 | 198 |
| 2004 | Platte Anchor Bolt, Inc. v. IHI, INC. | 352 F. Supp. 2d 1048 | 138 |
| 2001 | Williams v. Bowman | 157 F. Supp. 2d 1103 | 101 |
| 1992 | In Re Verifone Securities Litigation | 784 F. Supp. 1471 | 98 |
| 2003 | Jackson v. Sturkie | 255 F. Supp. 2d 1096 | 89 |
| 1994 | In Re Seagate Technology II Securities Litigation | 843 F. Supp. 1341 | 63 |
| 2010 | Chun-Hoon v. McKee Foods Corp. | 716 F. Supp. 2d 848 | 59 |
| 1994 | Stehouwer v. Hennessey | 841 F. Supp. 316 | 43 |
| 2001 | Carolina Casualty Co. v. Data Broadcasting Corp. | 158 F. Supp. 2d 1044 | 41 |
| 2007 | White v. Starbucks Corp. | 497 F. Supp. 2d 1080 | 39 |
| 1994 | Ascii Corp. v. Std Entertainment USA, Inc. | 844 F. Supp. 1378 | 26 |
| 2007 | Walker & Zanger, Inc. v. Paragon Industries, Inc. | 549 F. Supp. 2d 1168 | 25 |
| 2003 | Pacific Maritime Ass'n v. Mead | 246 F. Supp. 2d 1087 | 25 |
| 2009 | Conservation Force v. Salazar | 677 F. Supp. 2d 1203 | 24 |
| 1994 | In Re Oracle Securities Litigation | 852 F. Supp. 1437 | 24 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 143 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 Vaughn R. Walker?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Vaughn R. Walker to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 1989.
- Was Vaughn R. Walker appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Vaughn R. Walker was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Vaughn R. Walker's confirmation vote?
- Vaughn R. Walker was confirmed by voice vote on November 22, 1989. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Vaughn R. Walker on?
- Vaughn R. Walker was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Sam Attal (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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21 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).