Who appointed David Rabinovitz?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed David Rabinovitz to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.

Was David Rabinovitz appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

David Rabinovitz was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

Western District of Wisconsin / Appointed / Served to 1964

David Rabinovitz

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, David Rabinovitz was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. He earned a law degree from University of Wisconsin Law School in 1930. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1908–1986
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson
Confirmed: No recorded vote
Education: University of Wisconsin Law School 1930
Succeeded: Patrick Thomas Stone
Succeeded by: James Edward Doyle

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1964	Western District of Wisconsin succeeded Patrick Thomas Stone	L.B. Johnson (D)	–

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

A per-senator roll-call isn’t shown for this confirmation. The Senate’s recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989; many confirmations (especially before then, and most to the lower courts) were by voice vote or unanimous consent.

Education

Marquette University		1927
University of Wisconsin Law School	LL.B.	1930

Judicial Record

In our data, Rabinovitz authored 3 published opinions for the court (1964). Most cited: Sun-X Glass Tinting of Mid-Wisconsin, Inc. v. Sun-X International, Inc. (17 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1964	Sun-X Glass Tinting of Mid-Wisconsin, Inc. v. Sun-X International, Inc.	227 F. Supp. 365	17
1964	In Re Terrace Superette, Inc.	229 F. Supp. 371	12
1964	Langsett v. Marmet Corporation	231 F. Supp. 759	2

Showing the 3 most-cited of 3 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 Rabinovitz?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed David Rabinovitz to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.
Was David Rabinovitz appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: David Rabinovitz was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
Which court was David Rabinovitz on?: David Rabinovitz was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin.

Sources

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