Who appointed John Wayne Delehant?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed John Wayne Delehant to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska in 1942.

Was John Wayne Delehant appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

John Wayne Delehant was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was John Wayne Delehant's confirmation vote?

John Wayne Delehant was confirmed by voice vote on February 9, 1942. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Nebraska / Appointed 1942 / Served to 1972

John Wayne Delehant

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942 and confirmed by voice vote, John Wayne Delehant was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska. He earned a law degree from Creighton University School of Law in 1913. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1890–1972
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1942
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Creighton 1910 · Creighton Law 1913
Succeeded: Thomas Charles Munger
Succeeded by: Robert Van Pelt

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1942	District of Nebraska succeeded Thomas Charles Munger	F.D. Roosevelt (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

Creighton University	A.B.	1910
Creighton University	A.M.	1911
Creighton University School of Law	LL.B.	1913

Judicial Record

In our data, Delehant authored 51 published opinions for the court (1942–2005). Most cited: Rhodes v. Meyer (34 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1963	Rhodes v. Meyer	225 F. Supp. 80	34
1949	Wilson & Co. v. Fremont Cake & Meal Co.	83 F. Supp. 900	28
1948	McComb v. C. A. Swanson & Sons	77 F. Supp. 716	24
1944	Remick Music Corp. v. Interstate Hotel Co. of Nebraska	58 F. Supp. 523	24
1961	Niklaus v. Simmons	196 F. Supp. 691	22
1945	Bowles v. Ammon	61 F. Supp. 106	22
1943	Skinner Mfg. Co. v. General Foods Sales Co.	52 F. Supp. 432	22
1942	Booth v. Montgomery Ward & Co.	44 F. Supp. 451	21
1954	Frasier v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.	119 F. Supp. 495	20
1942	Bowsman v. Peterson	45 F. Supp. 741	16
1963	Rhodes v. Van Steenberg	225 F. Supp. 113	15
1949	Rice v. Union Pacific R. Co.	82 F. Supp. 1002	15
1948	Wilson & Co. v. Fremont Cake & Meal Co.	77 F. Supp. 364	15
1950	Andromidas v. Theisen Bros.	94 F. Supp. 150	14
1949	United States v. Bize	86 F. Supp. 939	13

Showing the 15 most-cited of 51 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 John Wayne Delehant?: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed John Wayne Delehant to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska in 1942.
Was John Wayne Delehant appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: John Wayne Delehant was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was John Wayne Delehant's confirmation vote?: John Wayne Delehant was confirmed by voice vote on February 9, 1942. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was John Wayne Delehant on?: John Wayne Delehant was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska.

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