Don John Young
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 and confirmed by voice vote, Don John Young was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He earned a law degree from Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University) School of Law in 1934. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1910–1996
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Western Reserve (now Case Western Reserve University) 1932 · Western Reserve (now Case Western Reserve University) Law 1934
- Succeeded
- Frank Le Blond Kloeb
- Succeeded by
- Alvin I. Krenzler
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Northern District of Ohio succeeded Frank Le Blond Kloeb | L.B. Johnson (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
| Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University) | A.B. | 1932 |
| Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University) School of Law | LL.B. | 1934 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Young was assigned 569 district-court cases (1988–1996). Median time from filing to termination: 120 days across 569 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, Young authored 103 published opinions for the court (1966–1993). Most cited: Jones v. Wittenberg (97 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Jones v. Wittenberg | 323 F. Supp. 93 | 97 |
| 1967 | Hill v. Aro Corporation | 275 F. Supp. 482 | 29 |
| 1971 | Gray v. City of Toledo | 323 F. Supp. 1281 | 27 |
| 1969 | Biechele v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. | 309 F. Supp. 354 | 25 |
| 1974 | Fallis v. Dunbar | 386 F. Supp. 1117 | 24 |
| 1972 | Palmer v. Columbia Gas Company of Ohio | 342 F. Supp. 241 | 24 |
| 1976 | Taylor v. Perini | 413 F. Supp. 189 | 23 |
| 1968 | Greater Fremont, Inc. v. City of Fremont | 302 F. Supp. 652 | 23 |
| 1968 | Kott v. Perini | 283 F. Supp. 1 | 23 |
| 1974 | Elam v. Hanson | 384 F. Supp. 549 | 22 |
| 1973 | United States v. Mason | 372 F. Supp. 651 | 22 |
| 1993 | Bombrys v. City of Toledo | 849 F. Supp. 1210 | 20 |
| 1970 | Davis v. Toledo Metropolitan Housing Authority | 311 F. Supp. 795 | 19 |
| 1968 | United States v. Greenwich Mill & Elevator Company | 291 F. Supp. 609 | 19 |
| 1975 | United States v. Fryer | 402 F. Supp. 831 | 18 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 103 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 Don John Young?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Don John Young to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1965.
- Was Don John Young appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Don John Young was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Don John Young's confirmation vote?
- Don John Young was confirmed by voice vote on May 21, 1965. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Don John Young on?
- Don John Young 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
- 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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30 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).