Who appointed Walter Meheula Heen?

President Jimmy Carter appointed Walter Meheula Heen to the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.

Was Walter Meheula Heen appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Walter Meheula Heen was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

District of Hawaii / Appointed / Served to 1981

Walter Meheula Heen

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

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter, Walter Meheula Heen was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. He earned a law degree from Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law Center in 1955. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1928 · age 98
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter
Confirmed: No recorded vote
Education: University of Hawaii 1953 · Georgetown College (now Georgetown) Law Center 1955
Succeeded: Dick Yin Wong
Succeeded by: Harold Michael Fong

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1981	District of Hawaii succeeded Dick Yin Wong	Carter (D)	–

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

A per-senator roll-call isn’t shown for this confirmation. The Senate’s recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989; many confirmations (especially before then, and most to the lower courts) were by voice vote or unanimous consent.

Education

University of Hawaii	B.A.	1953
Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law Center	J.D.	1955

Judicial Record

In our data, Heen authored 4 published opinions for the court (1981). Most cited: Greenside v. Ariyoshi (9 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1981	Greenside v. Ariyoshi	526 F. Supp. 1194	9
1981	Department of Education v. Valenzuela	524 F. Supp. 261	3
1981	Dillingham Corp. v. United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners Local 745	519 F. Supp. 734	2
1981	Hafer v. AIR LINE PILOTS ASS'N, INTERN.	525 F. Supp. 874	0

Showing the 4 most-cited of 4 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 Walter Meheula Heen?: President Jimmy Carter appointed Walter Meheula Heen to the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.
Was Walter Meheula Heen appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Walter Meheula Heen was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
Which court was Walter Meheula Heen on?: Walter Meheula Heen was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.

Sources

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