United States District Court for the District of Montana
23 judges profiled from their own signed orders: how each rules on motions, with the orders quoted.
William Daniel MurrayRetired 1994
District judge, appointed by Harry S. Truman (Democratic)
Paul Gerhart HatfieldRetired 2000
District judge, appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
William James JamesonRetired 1990
District judge, appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
James Franklin BattinRetired 1996
District judge, appointed by Richard Nixon (Republican)
Russell Evans SmithRetired 1990
District judge, appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
Robert Lewis Brown Sr.Retired 1948
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
James Harris BaldwinRetired 1944
District judge, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)
William Walter Mercer
appointed by Donald Trump (Republican)
Dana Lewis Christensen
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Susan Pamela Watters
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Kathleen L. DeSoto
Charles Nelson PrayRetired 1963
District judge, appointed by Calvin Coolidge (Republican)
George McClellan BourquinRetired 1958
District judge, appointed by William Howard Taft (Republican)
Donald William Molloy
appointed by Bill Clinton (Democratic)
John T. Johnston
Charles Clemens LovellDeceased
District judge, appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Brian Matthew Morris
appointed by Barack Obama (Democratic)
Jack Dale ShanstromDeceased
District judge, appointed by George H. W. Bush (Republican)
Richard Frank CebullRetired 2013
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Sam Ellis HaddonDeceased
District judge, appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Timothy J. Cavan
Hiram Knowles
District judge, appointed by Benjamin Harrison (Republican)
Carl L. RaschRetired 1911
District judge, appointed by William Howard Taft (Republican)