Delwen Lowell Jensen
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 and confirmed by voice vote, Delwen Lowell Jensen was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He earned a law degree from University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 1952. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1928 · age 98
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1986
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley 1949 · University of California, Berkeley, Law 1952
- Succeeded
- William Horsley Orrick Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Charles R. Breyer
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Northern District of California succeeded William Horsley Orrick Jr. | Reagan (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
| University of California, Berkeley | A.B. | 1949 |
| University of California, Berkeley, School of Law | LL.B. | 1952 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Jensen was assigned 3,234 district-court cases (1981–2014). Median time from filing to termination: 266 days across 3,234 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, Jensen authored 106 published opinions for the court (1986–2009). Most cited: Forti v. Suarez-Mason (75 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Forti v. Suarez-Mason | 672 F. Supp. 1531 | 75 |
| 1997 | City and County of San Francisco v. Philip Morris, Inc. | 957 F. Supp. 1130 | 41 |
| 1992 | Fung v. Abex Corp. | 816 F. Supp. 569 | 39 |
| 1988 | In Re Rexplore, Inc. Securities Litigation | 685 F. Supp. 1132 | 39 |
| 1991 | Mateo v. M/S KISO | 805 F. Supp. 761 | 38 |
| 1993 | United States v. Chan | 830 F. Supp. 531 | 33 |
| 1994 | Joyce v. City and County of San Francisco | 846 F. Supp. 843 | 30 |
| 1992 | Cabo Distributing Co., Inc. v. Brady | 821 F. Supp. 601 | 26 |
| 1988 | Forti v. Suarez-Mason | 694 F. Supp. 707 | 26 |
| 1995 | First Pacific Networks, Inc. v. Atlantic Mutual Insurance | 891 F. Supp. 510 | 24 |
| 1998 | Brooks v. United States | 29 F. Supp. 2d 613 | 23 |
| 1986 | Hartford Fire Insurance v. Karavan Enterprises, Inc. | 659 F. Supp. 1075 | 23 |
| 1987 | Seawinds Ltd. v. Nedlloyd Lines, B.V. | 80 B.R. 181 | 22 |
| 1995 | Franklin v. Duncan | 884 F. Supp. 1435 | 21 |
| 1994 | Glavor v. Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc. | 879 F. Supp. 1028 | 20 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 106 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 Delwen Lowell Jensen?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Delwen Lowell Jensen to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 1986.
- Was Delwen Lowell Jensen appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Delwen Lowell Jensen was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Delwen Lowell Jensen's confirmation vote?
- Delwen Lowell Jensen was confirmed by voice vote on June 24, 1986. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Delwen Lowell Jensen on?
- Delwen Lowell Jensen was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Northern District of California. (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 Northern District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).