George Wakem Lindberg
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1989 and confirmed by voice vote, George Wakem Lindberg was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He earned a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law) in 1957. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1932–2019
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1989
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Northwestern 1954 · Northwestern Law (now Pritzker School of Law) 1957
- Succeeded
- Prentice Henry Marshall
- Succeeded by
- Amy Joan St. Eve
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Northern District of Illinois succeeded Prentice Henry Marshall | G.H.W. Bush (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
| Northwestern University | B.S. | 1954 |
| Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law) | J.D. | 1957 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Lindberg was assigned 5,851 district-court cases (1972–2012). Median time from filing to termination: 136 days across 5,846 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 54 of Lindberg’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 47 were affirmed, 3 reversed or vacated, and 4 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, Lindberg authored 94 published opinions for the court (1990–2008). Most cited: Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Harnischfeger Corp. (24 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co. v. Harnischfeger Corp. | 734 F. Supp. 334 | 24 |
| 1991 | Hicks v. Resolution Trust Corp. | 767 F. Supp. 167 | 20 |
| 1997 | Krocka v. Riegler | 958 F. Supp. 1333 | 17 |
| 1990 | P & P MARKETING, INC. v. Ditton | 746 F. Supp. 1354 | 17 |
| 1992 | Consolidated Rail Corp. v. Gallatin State Bank | 173 B.R. 146 | 15 |
| 2001 | Boim v. Quranic Literacy Institute | 127 F. Supp. 2d 1002 | 14 |
| 1997 | JMB Group Trust IV v. Pennsylvania Municipal Retirement System | 986 F. Supp. 534 | 14 |
| 1996 | NLFC, Inc. v. Devcom Mid-America, Inc. | 916 F. Supp. 751 | 14 |
| 1995 | Travis v. Boulevard Bank N.A. | 880 F. Supp. 1226 | 14 |
| 1991 | Damian Services Corp. v. PLC Services, Inc. | 763 F. Supp. 369 | 13 |
| 1990 | International Insurance v. Peabody International Corp. | 747 F. Supp. 477 | 13 |
| 1998 | Moriarty v. Svec | 994 F. Supp. 963 | 11 |
| 1990 | Hicks v. Resolution Trust Corp. | 738 F. Supp. 279 | 10 |
| 2002 | Usinor Industeel v. Leeco Steel Products, Inc. | 209 F. Supp. 2d 880 | 9 |
| 1997 | Krocka v. Bransfield | 969 F. Supp. 1073 | 9 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 94 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 George Wakem Lindberg?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed George Wakem Lindberg to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1989.
- Was George Wakem Lindberg appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- George Wakem Lindberg was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was George Wakem Lindberg's confirmation vote?
- George Wakem Lindberg was confirmed by voice vote on November 3, 1989. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was George Wakem Lindberg on?
- George Wakem Lindberg was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
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 Illinois (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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29 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).