Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr.
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 and confirmed by voice vote, Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He earned a law degree from Cornell Law School in 1947. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1922–2000
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Cornell 1943 · Cornell Law School 1947
- Succeeded
- Matthew Francis McGuire
- Succeeded by
- Ricardo M. Urbina
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | District of Columbia succeeded Matthew Francis McGuire | 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
| Cornell University | B.A. | 1943 |
| Cornell Law School | LL.B. | 1947 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Robinson was assigned 3,242 district-court cases (1974–2000). Median time from filing to termination: 298 days across 3,242 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.
In our data, Robinson authored 1 published opinion for the court (2000).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Sigma-Tau Industrie Framaceutiche Riunite, S.P.A. v. Lonza, Ltd. | 106 F. Supp. 2d 8 | 0 |
Showing the 1 most-cited of 1 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 Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr.?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1966.
- Was Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr. was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on October 20, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr. on?
- Aubrey Eugene Robinson Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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33 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).