Who appointed Alvin I. Krenzler?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Alvin I. Krenzler to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1981.

Was Alvin I. Krenzler appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Alvin I. Krenzler was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Alvin I. Krenzler's confirmation vote?

Alvin I. Krenzler was confirmed by voice vote on December 9, 1981. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of Ohio / Appointed 1981 / Served to 1992

Alvin I. Krenzler

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

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and confirmed by voice vote, Alvin I. Krenzler was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He earned a law degree from Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University) School of Law in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1921–2010
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1981
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Western Reserve (now Case Western Reserve University) 1946 · Western Reserve (now Case Western Reserve University) Law 1948
Succeeded: Don John Young
Succeeded by: David A. Katz

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1981	Northern District of Ohio succeeded Don John Young	Reagan (R)	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

Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University)	A.B.	1946
Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University) School of Law	LL.B.	1948
Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law Center	LL.M.	1963

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Krenzler was assigned 631 district-court cases (1982–1992). Median time from filing to termination: 231 days across 631 closed cases.

Contract21%

Civil rights19%

Labor & ERISA11%

Social Security10%

Prisoner & habeas9%

Personal-injury torts8%

Other21%

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, Krenzler authored 67 published opinions for the court (1983–1992). Most cited: Haag v. Cuyahoga County (34 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
1985	Haag v. Cuyahoga County	619 F. Supp. 262	34
1989	Kolb v. Ohio, Department of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities, Cleveland Developmental Center	721 F. Supp. 885	23
1985	Glassman v. Electronic Theatre Restaurants Corp. (In Re Electronic Theatre Restaurants Corp.)	53 B.R. 458	17
1987	Morgan v. Hustler Magazine, Inc.	653 F. Supp. 711	16
1987	Wack v. Lederle Laboratories	666 F. Supp. 123	14
1991	United States v. Simon (In Re Bondi's Valu-King, Inc.)	126 B.R. 47	13
1985	National Deposit Guarantee Corp. v. Peck (In Re Peck)	55 B.R. 752	13
1984	United States v. Stifel	594 F. Supp. 1525	11
1983	MacKo v. Byron	576 F. Supp. 875	11
1986	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. One Bratenahl Place Condominium Ass'n	644 F. Supp. 218	10
1991	Martin v. Friedman	133 B.R. 609	9
1988	Martin v. City of Eastlake	686 F. Supp. 620	9
1986	Gamble v. United States	648 F. Supp. 438	9
1990	Sanborn Plastics Corp. v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance	753 F. Supp. 660	8
1989	United States v. Woloschak Farms (In Re Woloschak Farms)	109 B.R. 736	8

Showing the 15 most-cited of 67 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 Alvin I. Krenzler?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Alvin I. Krenzler to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1981.
Was Alvin I. Krenzler appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Alvin I. Krenzler was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Alvin I. Krenzler's confirmation vote?: Alvin I. Krenzler was confirmed by voice vote on December 9, 1981. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Alvin I. Krenzler on?: Alvin I. Krenzler was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Sources

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