Who appointed Alexander J. Napoli?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Alexander J. Napoli to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1966.

Was Alexander J. Napoli appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Alexander J. Napoli was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Alexander J. Napoli's confirmation vote?

Alexander J. Napoli was confirmed by voice vote on September 20, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of Illinois / Appointed 1966 / Served to 1972

Alexander J. Napoli

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 and confirmed by voice vote, Alexander J. Napoli was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He earned a law degree from University of Chicago Law School in 1929. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1905–1972
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Chicago 1927 · University of Chicago Law School 1929
Succeeded by: Prentice Henry Marshall

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1966	Northern District of Illinois	L.B. Johnson (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

University of Chicago	Ph.B.	1927
University of Chicago Law School	J.D.	1929

Judicial Record

In our data, Napoli authored 22 published opinions for the court (1967–1972). Most cited: Goodman v. H. Hentz & Co. (71 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1967	Goodman v. H. Hentz & Co.	265 F. Supp. 440	71
1969	Mortimer v. Delta Air Lines	302 F. Supp. 276	38
1969	Butler v. Local No. 4 & Local No. 269, Laborers' International Union of North America	308 F. Supp. 528	29
1969	Ury v. Santee	303 F. Supp. 119	28
1972	Collins v. Viceroy Hotel Corporation	338 F. Supp. 390	27
1967	Holloway v. Gamble-Skogmo, Inc.	274 F. Supp. 321	27
1970	McDonald v. American Fed. of Musicians of US and Can.	308 F. Supp. 664	20
1970	EMPLOYEES'INDEPENDENT UNION v. Wyman Gordon Company	314 F. Supp. 458	16
1968	Universal Film Exchanges, Inc. v. City of Chicago	288 F. Supp. 286	14
1970	Letter Edged in Black Press, Inc. v. Public Bldg. Com'n of Chicago	320 F. Supp. 1303	13
1968	Lesch v. Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad Company	279 F. Supp. 908	13
1968	General Telephone & Electronics Laboratories Inc. v. National Video Corp.	297 F. Supp. 981	10
1967	Lalic v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company	263 F. Supp. 987	10
1972	Weidberg v. American Airlines, Inc.	336 F. Supp. 407	6
1971	Redmond v. United States	331 F. Supp. 1222	6

Showing the 15 most-cited of 22 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 Alexander J. Napoli?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Alexander J. Napoli to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1966.
Was Alexander J. Napoli appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Alexander J. Napoli was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Alexander J. Napoli's confirmation vote?: Alexander J. Napoli was confirmed by voice vote on September 20, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Alexander J. Napoli on?: Alexander J. Napoli was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

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