Who appointed A. Andrew Hauk?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed A. Andrew Hauk to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in 1966.

Was A. Andrew Hauk appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

A. Andrew Hauk was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was A. Andrew Hauk's confirmation vote?

A. Andrew Hauk was confirmed by voice vote on June 29, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Central District of California / Appointed 1966 / Served to 2004

A. Andrew Hauk

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 and confirmed by voice vote, A. Andrew Hauk was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned a law degree from Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law in 1938. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1912–2004
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Regis College 1935 · Catholic of America, Columbus Law 1938
Succeeded by: Harry Lindley Hupp

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1966	Southern District of California succeeded William Matthew Byrne Sr.	L.B. Johnson (D)	Voice vote
1966	Central District of California	Reassigned	–

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

Regis College	A.B.	1935
Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law	LL.B.	1938
Yale Law School	J.S.D.	1942

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hauk was assigned 1,264 district-court cases (1980–2004). Median time from filing to termination: 231 days across 1,264 closed cases.

Other federal statutes24%

Prisoner & habeas18%

Contract16%

Labor & ERISA8%

Intellectual property7%

Civil rights7%

Other19%

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.

In our data, Hauk authored 192 published opinions for the court (1966–1997). Most cited: Rivers v. Walt Disney Co. (138 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
1997	Rivers v. Walt Disney Co.	980 F. Supp. 1358	138
1992	Darby v. City of Torrance	810 F. Supp. 275	48
1988	United States v. Ortega Lopez	684 F. Supp. 1506	41
1979	International Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers v. Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries	477 F. Supp. 553	41
1968	Edwards v. North American Rockwell Corp.	291 F. Supp. 199	40
1974	Krouse v. United States Government Treasury Department Internal Revenue Service	380 F. Supp. 219	37
1968	Kuenstler v. Occidental Life Insurance Company	292 F. Supp. 532	30
1980	United States v. Roberts	481 F. Supp. 1385	27
1968	Friedman v. Younger	282 F. Supp. 710	27
1983	Shaw v. International Ass'n of MacHinists & Aerospace Workers Pension Plan	563 F. Supp. 653	26
1968	Washington v. Aerojet-General Corporation	282 F. Supp. 517	25
1976	Hurn v. Retirement Fund Trust of the Plumbing, Heating & Piping Industry of Southern California	424 F. Supp. 80	24
1966	Schackman v. Arnebergh	258 F. Supp. 983	24
1997	United States v. Van Poyck	980 F. Supp. 1108	21
1976	Smith v. Sikorsky Aircraft	420 F. Supp. 661	21

Showing the 15 most-cited of 192 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 A. Andrew Hauk?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed A. Andrew Hauk to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in 1966.
Was A. Andrew Hauk appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: A. Andrew Hauk was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was A. Andrew Hauk's confirmation vote?: A. Andrew Hauk was confirmed by voice vote on June 29, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was A. Andrew Hauk on?: A. Andrew Hauk was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Sources

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38 years on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).