Ann Aldrich
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, Ann Aldrich was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. She earned a law degree from New York University School of Law in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1927–2010
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1980
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Columbia 1948 · New York Law 1950
- Succeeded by
- Patricia Anne Gaughan
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Northern District of Ohio | Carter (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
| Columbia University | B.A. | 1948 |
| New York University School of Law | LL.B. | 1950 |
| University of Geneva, Switzerland, Institut des Hautes Etudes Internationale | 1951 | |
| New York University School of Law | LL.M. | 1964 |
| New York University School of Law | J.S.D. | 1967 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Aldrich was assigned 3,228 district-court cases (1982–2010). Median time from filing to termination: 210 days across 3,228 closed cases.
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.
On appeal
Of 47 of Aldrich’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 44 were affirmed, 3 reversed or vacated. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Aldrich authored 210 published opinions for the court (1980–2009). Most cited: In Re White Motor Corp. (139 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | In Re White Motor Corp. | 42 B.R. 693 | 139 |
| 1998 | Reich v. Hall Holding Co., Inc. | 990 F. Supp. 955 | 61 |
| 1987 | Feliciano v. City of Cleveland | 661 F. Supp. 578 | 38 |
| 1989 | Murray v. On-Line Business Systems, Inc. (In Re Revco D.S., Inc.) | 99 B.R. 768 | 37 |
| 1996 | R.J. Wildner Contracting Co. v. Ohio Turnpike Commission | 913 F. Supp. 1031 | 36 |
| 1993 | Paugh v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. | 834 F. Supp. 228 | 33 |
| 1989 | United States v. Academy Answering Service, Inc. (In Re Academy Answering Service, Inc.) | 100 B.R. 327 | 29 |
| 1984 | Holden v. Heckler | 584 F. Supp. 463 | 28 |
| 1997 | Cleveland Area Board of Realtors v. City of Euclid | 965 F. Supp. 1017 | 26 |
| 1990 | Tesar v. Hallas | 738 F. Supp. 240 | 26 |
| 1986 | Akron Center for Reproductive Health v. Rosen | 633 F. Supp. 1123 | 24 |
| 1987 | Picker International, Inc. v. Varian Associates, Inc. | 670 F. Supp. 1363 | 23 |
| 1984 | Bennett v. EF Hutton Co., Inc. | 597 F. Supp. 1547 | 22 |
| 1984 | Citibank, N.A. v. White Motor Corp. (In Re White Motor Credit Corp.) | 37 B.R. 631 | 21 |
| 1983 | DeMoss v. First Artists Production Co., Ltd. | 571 F. Supp. 409 | 21 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 210 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 Ann Aldrich?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Ann Aldrich to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1980.
- Was Ann Aldrich appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Ann Aldrich was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Ann Aldrich's confirmation vote?
- Ann Aldrich was confirmed by voice vote on May 21, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Ann Aldrich on?
- Ann Aldrich was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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29 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).