Southern District of California / Appointed 1946 / Served to 1974

Jacob Weinberger

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California

Appointed by President Harry S Truman in 1946 and confirmed by voice vote, Jacob Weinberger was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. He earned a law degree from University of Colorado Law School in 1904. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived
1882–1974
Appointed by
Harry S Truman, 1946
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
University of Colorado Law School 1904
Succeeded by
Fred Kunzel

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1946Southern District of CaliforniaTruman (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

Judicial Record

In our data, Weinberger authored 13 published opinions for the court (1947–1964). Most cited: Beauregard v. Wingard (52 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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

YearCaseCitationCited
1964Beauregard v. Wingard230 F. Supp. 16752
1947United States v. Ingalls73 F. Supp. 7612
1962In Re Goodson208 F. Supp. 83710
1961First National Trust & Savings Bank of San Diego v. United States200 F. Supp. 2749
1951Claypool v. United States98 F. Supp. 7029
1949United States v. Willis85 F. Supp. 7459
1963Pickett v. United States223 F. Supp. 6958
1958In Re Phillips'petition167 F. Supp. 1398
1947Berry v. Westover70 F. Supp. 5378
1959United States v. Hortze179 F. Supp. 9137
1949Meiji Fujizawa v. Acheson85 F. Supp. 6747
1950In Re West Coast Cabinet Works, Inc.92 F. Supp. 6366
1947Marlatt v. Mergenthaler Linotype Co.70 F. Supp. 4264

Showing the 13 most-cited of 13 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 Jacob Weinberger?
President Harry S Truman appointed Jacob Weinberger to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California in 1946.
Was Jacob Weinberger appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Jacob Weinberger was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Jacob Weinberger's confirmation vote?
Jacob Weinberger was confirmed by voice vote on February 15, 1946. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Jacob Weinberger on?
Jacob Weinberger was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California.

Sources

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28 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).