Wesley Ernest Brown
Appointed by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 and confirmed by voice vote, Wesley Ernest Brown was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. He earned a law degree from Kansas City School of Law (now University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law) in 1933. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1907–2012
- Appointed by
- John F. Kennedy, 1962
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Kansas City Law (now of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law) 1933
- Succeeded
- Delmas Carl Hill
- Succeeded by
- Patrick F. Kelly
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | District of Kansas succeeded Delmas Carl Hill | Kennedy (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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Brown was assigned 1,351 district-court cases (1986–2011). Median time from filing to termination: 230 days across 1,351 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 13 of Brown’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 11 were affirmed, 2 reversed or vacated. 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, Brown authored 173 published opinions for the court (1963–2011). Most cited: Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC v. National Union Fire Insurance (58 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC v. National Union Fire Insurance | 748 F. Supp. 2d 1261 | 58 |
| 1969 | Oswalt Industries, Inc. v. Gilmore | 297 F. Supp. 307 | 32 |
| 1967 | Lee v. Crouse | 284 F. Supp. 541 | 32 |
| 1965 | Becker v. Safelite Glass Corporation | 244 F. Supp. 625 | 31 |
| 1979 | Dronge v. Monarch Ins. Co. of Ohio | 511 F. Supp. 1 | 26 |
| 1998 | West v. Derby Unified School District 260 | 23 F. Supp. 2d 1223 | 21 |
| 1967 | Ashland Oil & Refining Company v. Staats, Inc. | 271 F. Supp. 571 | 19 |
| 2007 | Thompson v. Jiffy Lube International, Inc. | 505 F. Supp. 2d 907 | 18 |
| 1999 | Schmidt v. Odell | 64 F. Supp. 2d 1014 | 18 |
| 1999 | Desmarteau v. City of Wichita, Kan. | 64 F. Supp. 2d 1067 | 17 |
| 1971 | Doe v. Osteopathic Hospital of Wichita, Inc. | 333 F. Supp. 1357 | 17 |
| 1964 | Fooshee v. Interstate Vending Company | 234 F. Supp. 44 | 14 |
| 2007 | Tracy v. Astrue | 518 F. Supp. 2d 1291 | 13 |
| 1972 | Lucas v. Richardson | 348 F. Supp. 1156 | 13 |
| 1996 | Morris v. Midway Southern Baptist Church (In Re Newman) | 203 B.R. 468 | 12 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 173 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 Wesley Ernest Brown?
- President John F. Kennedy appointed Wesley Ernest Brown to the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas in 1962.
- Was Wesley Ernest Brown appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Wesley Ernest Brown was appointed by President John F. Kennedy, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Wesley Ernest Brown's confirmation vote?
- Wesley Ernest Brown was confirmed by voice vote on April 2, 1962. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Wesley Ernest Brown on?
- Wesley Ernest Brown was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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49 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Kansas. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).