Donald Douglas Alsop
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1974 and confirmed by voice vote, Donald Douglas Alsop is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. He earned a law degree from University of Minnesota Law School in 1952. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1927 · age 99
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1974
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Minnesota 1950 · University of Minnesota Law School 1952
- Succeeded
- Philip Neville
- Succeeded by
- John R. Tunheim
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | District of Minnesota succeeded Philip Neville | 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
| University of Minnesota | B.S.L. | 1950 |
| University of Minnesota Law School | LL.B. | 1952 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Alsop was assigned 1,601 district-court cases (1981–2008). Median time from filing to termination: 328 days across 1,601 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, Alsop authored 150 published opinions for the court (1975–2003). Most cited: Victory Highway Village, Inc. v. Weaver (63 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Victory Highway Village, Inc. v. Weaver | 480 F. Supp. 71 | 63 |
| 1979 | First Nat. Bank of Omaha v. Marquette Nat. Bank | 482 F. Supp. 514 | 41 |
| 1976 | Marquette Nat. Bank v. First Nat. Bank of Omaha | 422 F. Supp. 1346 | 34 |
| 1996 | Brantley Ex Rel. Brantley v. Independent School District No. 625 | 936 F. Supp. 649 | 30 |
| 1988 | Micro Display Systems, Inc. v. Axtel, Inc. | 699 F. Supp. 202 | 28 |
| 1984 | Burns v. Ersek | 591 F. Supp. 837 | 26 |
| 1980 | Central States, Southeast & Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Admiral Merchants Motor Freight, Inc. | 511 F. Supp. 38 | 26 |
| 1992 | Hill v. Chemical Bank | 799 F. Supp. 948 | 25 |
| 1985 | Cook v. City of Minneapolis | 617 F. Supp. 461 | 23 |
| 1986 | Hodgson v. State of Minn. | 648 F. Supp. 756 | 22 |
| 1999 | Achman v. CHISAGO LAKES IND. SCHOOL DIST. NO. 2144 | 45 F. Supp. 2d 664 | 21 |
| 1984 | Kirkwood v. Taylor | 590 F. Supp. 1375 | 21 |
| 1975 | United States v. Dowl | 394 F. Supp. 1250 | 19 |
| 1999 | In Re Air Transportation Excise Tax Litigation | 37 F. Supp. 2d 1133 | 18 |
| 1994 | Leidig v. Honeywell, Inc. | 850 F. Supp. 796 | 18 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 150 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 Donald Douglas Alsop?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Donald Douglas Alsop to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota in 1974.
- Was Donald Douglas Alsop appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Donald Douglas Alsop was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Donald Douglas Alsop's confirmation vote?
- Donald Douglas Alsop was confirmed by voice vote on December 18, 1974. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Donald Douglas Alsop on?
- Donald Douglas Alsop is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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51 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).