Charles Mengel Allen
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles Mengel Allen was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. He earned a law degree from University of Louisville School of Law (now Louis D. Brandeis School of Law) in 1943. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1916–2000
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1971
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Yale 1941 · University of Louisville Law (now Louis D. Brandeis School of Law) 1943
- Succeeded
- Henry Luesing Brooks
- Succeeded by
- Charles Ralph Simpson III
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Western District of Kentucky succeeded Henry Luesing Brooks | Nixon (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
| Yale University | B.A. | 1941 |
| University of Louisville School of Law (now Louis D. Brandeis School of Law) | LL.B. | 1943 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Allen was assigned 827 district-court cases (1982–1999). Median time from filing to termination: 247 days across 827 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, Allen authored 84 published opinions for the court (1972–1999). Most cited: Cochran v. International Harvester Co. (29 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Cochran v. International Harvester Co. | 408 F. Supp. 598 | 29 |
| 1980 | Kentucky Ass'n for Retarded Citizens v. Conn | 510 F. Supp. 1233 | 26 |
| 1973 | Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp. v. United States | 369 F. Supp. 1283 | 26 |
| 1981 | Impervious Paint Industries, Inc. v. Ashland | 508 F. Supp. 720 | 25 |
| 1972 | United States v. Mattingly Bridge Co. | 344 F. Supp. 459 | 19 |
| 1976 | Tate v. Kassulke | 409 F. Supp. 651 | 16 |
| 1973 | Preston v. Cowan | 369 F. Supp. 14 | 15 |
| 1975 | United States v. Beatty, Incorporated | 401 F. Supp. 1040 | 14 |
| 1978 | Borrago v. City of Louisville | 456 F. Supp. 30 | 13 |
| 1972 | Rambo v. United States | 353 F. Supp. 1021 | 13 |
| 1983 | Ivey v. Wilson | 577 F. Supp. 169 | 12 |
| 1974 | McCoy v. Weinberger | 386 F. Supp. 504 | 12 |
| 1972 | Baker v. Hamilton | 345 F. Supp. 345 | 12 |
| 1973 | Aetna Insurance Co. v. State Automobile Mutual Ins. Co. | 368 F. Supp. 1278 | 11 |
| 1999 | Commissioner v. Alexander (In Re Alexander) | 245 B.R. 280 | 10 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 84 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 Charles Mengel Allen?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Charles Mengel Allen to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky in 1971.
- Was Charles Mengel Allen appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Charles Mengel Allen was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Charles Mengel Allen's confirmation vote?
- Charles Mengel Allen was confirmed by voice vote on November 23, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Charles Mengel Allen on?
- Charles Mengel Allen was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States 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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28 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).