Harry Daniel Leinenweber
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Harry Daniel Leinenweber was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He earned a law degree from University of Chicago Law School in 1962. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1937–2024
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Notre Dame 1959 · University of Chicago Law School 1962
- Succeeded by
- Mark R. Filip
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Northern District of Illinois | 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 Notre Dame | B.A. | 1959 |
| University of Chicago Law School | J.D. | 1962 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Leinenweber was assigned 8,436 district-court cases (1974–2023). Median time from filing to termination: 181 days across 8,408 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 255 of Leinenweber’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 190 were affirmed, 50 reversed or vacated, and 15 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, Leinenweber authored 105 published opinions for the court (1986–2011). Most cited: Goldberg Securities, Inc. v. Scarlata (In Re Scarlata) (58 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Goldberg Securities, Inc. v. Scarlata (In Re Scarlata) | 127 B.R. 1004 | 58 |
| 1992 | Graham v. Bodine Electric Co. | 782 F. Supp. 74 | 37 |
| 2009 | Specht v. Google, Inc. | 660 F. Supp. 2d 858 | 33 |
| 2007 | United States Ex Rel. Tyson v. Amerigroup Illinois, Inc. | 488 F. Supp. 2d 719 | 26 |
| 1996 | State of Ill., Dept. of Revenue v. Schechter | 195 B.R. 380 | 26 |
| 2010 | Specht v. Google Inc. | 758 F. Supp. 2d 570 | 21 |
| 1997 | Juno Online Services, L.P. v. Juno Lighting, Inc. | 979 F. Supp. 684 | 21 |
| 1997 | Guy v. State of Illinois | 958 F. Supp. 1300 | 21 |
| 2007 | Ergo v. International Merchant Services, Inc. | 519 F. Supp. 2d 765 | 18 |
| 1995 | Volpert v. Volpert (In Re Volpert) | 186 B.R. 240 | 18 |
| 2003 | Menasha Corp. v. News America Marketing In-Store, Inc. | 238 F. Supp. 2d 1024 | 17 |
| 1986 | In Re Central Ice Cream Co. | 62 B.R. 357 | 17 |
| 1990 | Raleigh v. Stoecker (In Re Stoecker) | 117 B.R. 342 | 16 |
| 2011 | Ruiz v. Kinsella | 770 F. Supp. 2d 936 | 15 |
| 2007 | ChampionsWorld, LLC v. United States Soccer Federation, Inc. | 487 F. Supp. 2d 980 | 15 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 105 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 Harry Daniel Leinenweber?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Harry Daniel Leinenweber to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1985.
- Was Harry Daniel Leinenweber appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Harry Daniel Leinenweber was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Harry Daniel Leinenweber's confirmation vote?
- Harry Daniel Leinenweber was confirmed by voice vote on December 16, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Harry Daniel Leinenweber on?
- Harry Daniel Leinenweber 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
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38 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).