Who appointed Arthur F. Lederle?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Arthur F. Lederle to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1936.

Was Arthur F. Lederle appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Arthur F. Lederle was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Arthur F. Lederle's confirmation vote?

Arthur F. Lederle was confirmed by voice vote on March 3, 1936. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Michigan / Appointed 1936 / Served to 1972

Arthur F. Lederle

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 and confirmed by voice vote, Arthur F. Lederle was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He earned a law degree from Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University College of Law) in 1915. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1887–1972
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State College of Law) 1915
Succeeded: Charles Casper Simons
Succeeded by: Frederick William Kaess

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1936	Eastern District of Michigan succeeded Charles Casper Simons	F.D. Roosevelt (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

Eastern Michigan College		1909
Detroit College of Law (now Michigan State University College of Law)	LL.B.	1915
University of Detroit Law School (now University of Detroit Mercy School of Law)	LL.M.	1923

Judicial Record

In our data, Lederle authored 34 published opinions for the court (1938–1958). Most cited: Brown v. Ford Motor Co. (15 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1944	Brown v. Ford Motor Co.	57 F. Supp. 825	15
1941	Schram v. Perkins	38 F. Supp. 404	15
1946	Droste v. Nash-Kelvinator Corporation	64 F. Supp. 716	14
1944	Alexander v. Creel	54 F. Supp. 652	14
1948	Sampson v. Thomas	76 F. Supp. 691	13
1945	United States v. Parker-Rust-Proof Co.	61 F. Supp. 805	13
1946	Fletcher v. Grinnell Bros.	64 F. Supp. 778	11
1938	United States v. Rosenfield	26 F. Supp. 433	11
1942	United States v. Mickley	44 F. Supp. 735	10
1950	Haldeman v. United States	93 F. Supp. 889	9
1944	United States v. Fisher	57 F. Supp. 410	9
1958	Hobson v. United States	168 F. Supp. 117	8
1951	Hoosier Casualty Co. v. Chimes, Inc.	95 F. Supp. 879	8
1950	H. S. D. Co. v. Kavanagh	88 F. Supp. 64	7
1944	United States v. Detroit Moulding Corporation	56 F. Supp. 754	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 34 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 Arthur F. Lederle?: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Arthur F. Lederle to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1936.
Was Arthur F. Lederle appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Arthur F. Lederle was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Arthur F. Lederle's confirmation vote?: Arthur F. Lederle was confirmed by voice vote on March 3, 1936. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Arthur F. Lederle on?: Arthur F. Lederle was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

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