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How U.S. judges actually decide, drawn from their own signed orders. Each profile shows what persuades a judge, their procedural preferences, and grounded examples with links to the source.

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3,767 judges

Dale Emerson Saffels

D. Kansas · Appt. Jimmy Carter (Democratic)

18 orders 6 insights

Don John Young

N.D. Ohio · Appt. Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)

18 orders 6 insights

Edward James Boyle Sr.

E.D. Louisiana · Appt. Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)

18 orders 6 insights

Ernest Aloysius O'Brien

E.D. Michigan · Appt. Herbert Hoover (Republican)

18 orders 6 insights

George Thomas Van Bebber

D. Kansas · Appt. George H. W. Bush (Republican)

18 orders 6 insights

Jack Murphy Gordon

E.D. Louisiana · Appt. Richard Nixon (Republican)

18 orders 6 insights

John Jay Jackson Jr.

N.D. West Virginia · Appt. Abraham Lincoln (Republican)

18 orders 6 insights

John R. Jolly Jr.

North Carolina Business Court · Appt. Jim Hunt (Democratic)

18 orders 6 insights

John Weld Peck

S.D. Ohio · Appt. Woodrow Wilson (Democratic)

18 orders 6 insights

Kenneth R. Fisher

W.D. New York

18 orders 6 insights

Michael A. Telesca

W.D. New York · Appt. Ronald Reagan (Republican)

18 orders 6 insights

Morton Aaron Brody

D. Maine · Appt. George H. W. Bush (Republican)

18 orders 6 insights

Oliver Gasch

D. Columbia · Appt. Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)

18 orders 6 insights

Oscar Richard Hundley

N.D. Alabama · Appt. Merit selection

18 orders 6 insights

Patrick Anthony Conmy

D. North Dakota · Appt. Ronald Reagan (Republican)

18 orders 6 insights

Patrick F. Kelly

D. Kansas · Appt. Jimmy Carter (Democratic)

18 orders 6 insights

Robert Randall "Randy" Crane

S.D. Texas · Appt. George W. Bush (Republican)

18 orders 6 insights

Sally J. Berens

W.D. Michigan

18 orders 6 insights

Steven James McAuliffe

D. New Hampshire · Appt. George H. W. Bush (Republican)

18 orders 6 insights

Talbot Smith

E.D. Michigan · Appt. John F. Kennedy (Democratic)

18 orders 6 insights

Thomas P. Smith

D. Connecticut

18 orders 6 insights

William Clark O'Kelley

N.D. Georgia · Appt. Richard Nixon (Republican)

18 orders 6 insights

William Wayne Justice

E.D. Texas · Appt. Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)

18 orders 6 insights

Ben Charles Green

N.D. Ohio · Appt. John F. Kennedy (Democratic)

17 orders 6 insights
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