Who appointed Blanche M. Manning?

President William J. Clinton appointed Blanche M. Manning to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1994.

Was Blanche M. Manning appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Blanche M. Manning was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Blanche M. Manning's confirmation vote?

Blanche M. Manning was confirmed by voice vote on August 9, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of Illinois / Appointed 1994 / Served to 2020

Blanche M. Manning

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

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Blanche M. Manning was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. She earned a law degree from John Marshall Law School (now University of Illinois Chicago School of Law) in 1967. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1934–2020
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1994
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Chicago Teachers College (now Chicago State) 1961 · John Marshall Law School (now of Illinois Chicago Law) 1967
Succeeded: Milton Irving Shadur
Succeeded by: John Joseph Tharp Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	Northern District of Illinois succeeded Milton Irving Shadur	Clinton (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

Chicago Teachers College (now Chicago State University)	B.Ed.	1961
John Marshall Law School (now University of Illinois Chicago School of Law)	J.D.	1967
Roosevelt University	M.A.	1972
University of Virginia School of Law	LL.M.	1992

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Manning was assigned 4,664 district-court cases (1984–2012). Median time from filing to termination: 186 days across 4,661 closed cases.

Civil rights20%

Labor & ERISA19%

Other federal statutes12%

Contract11%

Prisoner & habeas11%

Real property8%

Other19%

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 93 of Manning’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 78 were affirmed, 12 reversed or vacated, and 3 affirmed in part and reversed in part. 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, Manning authored 61 published opinions for the court (1994–2011). Most cited: Vulcan Golf, LLC v. Google Inc. (50 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
2008	Vulcan Golf, LLC v. Google Inc.	552 F. Supp. 2d 752	50
1999	United Phosphorus, Ltd. v. Angus Chemical Co.	43 F. Supp. 2d 904	29
1998	United States Ex Rel. Morgan v. Gilmore	26 F. Supp. 2d 1035	22
1995	Dertz v. City of Chicago	912 F. Supp. 319	21
1998	Nagel v. ADM Investor Services, Inc.	995 F. Supp. 837	20
2007	United States v. All Meat & Poultry Products Stored at Lagrou Cold Storage	470 F. Supp. 2d 823	17
2010	Christmas v. City of Chicago	691 F. Supp. 2d 811	15
1997	Winfrey v. City of Chicago	957 F. Supp. 1014	15
2010	Von Holdt v. A-1 Tool Corp.	714 F. Supp. 2d 863	14
1998	Chavez v. Illinois State Police	27 F. Supp. 2d 1053	14
2010	Greer v. ADVANCED EQUITIES, INC.	683 F. Supp. 2d 761	13
1998	International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 734 Health & Welfare Trust Fund v. Phillip Morris, Inc.	34 F. Supp. 2d 656	12
1998	Kaelin v. Tenneco, Inc.	28 F. Supp. 2d 478	12
1997	Almar Communications, Ltd. v. Telesphere Communications, Inc. (In Re Telesphere Communications, Inc.)	205 B.R. 535	12
2008	Semitekol v. Monaco Coach Corp.	582 F. Supp. 2d 1009	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 61 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 Blanche M. Manning?: President William J. Clinton appointed Blanche M. Manning to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1994.
Was Blanche M. Manning appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Blanche M. Manning was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Blanche M. Manning's confirmation vote?: Blanche M. Manning was confirmed by voice vote on August 9, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Blanche M. Manning on?: Blanche M. Manning was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Sources

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