David A. Katz
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, David A. Katz was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He earned a law degree from Ohio State University College of Law (now Michael E. Moritz College of Law) in 1957. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1933–2016
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Ohio State 1955 · Ohio State College of Law (now Michael E. Moritz College of Law) 1957
- Succeeded
- Alvin I. Krenzler
- Succeeded by
- Jack Zouhary
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Northern District of Ohio succeeded Alvin I. Krenzler | 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
| Ohio State University | B.S. | 1955 |
| Ohio State University College of Law (now Michael E. Moritz College of Law) | J.D. | 1957 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Katz was assigned 12,469 district-court cases (1987–2016). Median time from filing to termination: 838 days across 12,467 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 158 of Katz’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 134 were affirmed, 15 reversed or vacated, and 9 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, Katz authored 236 published opinions for the court (1994–2011). Most cited: Indiana Insurance v. General Electric Co. (308 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Indiana Insurance v. General Electric Co. | 326 F. Supp. 2d 844 | 308 |
| 1995 | Plaskon Electronic Materials, Inc. v. Allied-Signal, Inc. | 904 F. Supp. 644 | 82 |
| 1999 | Glasstech, Inc. v. TGL Tempering Systems, Inc. | 50 F. Supp. 2d 722 | 36 |
| 2004 | Bonnell v. Mitchel | 301 F. Supp. 2d 698 | 29 |
| 2002 | Johnson v. Henderson | 229 F. Supp. 2d 793 | 29 |
| 1996 | Schlett v. Avco Financial Services, Inc. | 950 F. Supp. 823 | 27 |
| 2006 | City of Findlay v. Hotels.Com, L.P. | 441 F. Supp. 2d 855 | 24 |
| 2009 | Turner v. City of Toledo | 671 F. Supp. 2d 967 | 21 |
| 2005 | Mercurio v. American Express Centurion Bank | 363 F. Supp. 2d 936 | 21 |
| 2004 | Rosania v. Taco Bell of America, Inc. | 303 F. Supp. 2d 878 | 21 |
| 2004 | Mohney v. USA Hockey, Inc. | 300 F. Supp. 2d 556 | 20 |
| 2003 | Javitch v. First Montauk Financial Corp. | 279 F. Supp. 2d 931 | 20 |
| 2002 | Bouchard v. American Home Products Corp. | 213 F. Supp. 2d 802 | 20 |
| 1997 | Abele v. Bayliner Marine Corp. | 11 F. Supp. 2d 955 | 19 |
| 1996 | Leistiko v. Secretary of the Army | 922 F. Supp. 66 | 19 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 236 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 David A. Katz?
- President William J. Clinton appointed David A. Katz to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1994.
- Was David A. Katz appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- David A. Katz was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was David A. Katz's confirmation vote?
- David A. Katz was confirmed by voice vote on October 7, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was David A. Katz on?
- David A. Katz 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
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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21 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).