Who appointed John Francis Kilkenny?

President Richard M. Nixon appointed John Francis Kilkenny to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1969.

Was John Francis Kilkenny appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

John Francis Kilkenny was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was John Francis Kilkenny's confirmation vote?

John Francis Kilkenny was confirmed by voice vote on September 12, 1969. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Ninth Circuit / Appointed 1969 / Served to 1995

John Francis Kilkenny

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1969 and confirmed by voice vote, John Francis Kilkenny was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Notre Dame Law School in 1925. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Oregon. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1901–1995
Appointed by: Richard M. Nixon, 1969
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Notre Dame Law School 1925
Succeeded by: Alfred Theodore Goodwin

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1959	District of Oregon succeeded Claude Charles McColloch	Eisenhower (R)	Voice vote
1969	Ninth Circuit	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

Notre Dame Law School

LL.B.

1925

Judicial Record

In our data, Kilkenny authored 70 published opinions for the court (1959–1969). Most cited: DeLong Corporation v. Oregon State Highway Com'n (56 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1964	DeLong Corporation v. Oregon State Highway Com'n	233 F. Supp. 7	56
1966	Transnational Insurance Company v. Rosenlund	261 F. Supp. 12	34
1960	Portland Web Pressmen's Union Local No. 17 v. Oregonian Publishing Co.	188 F. Supp. 859	24
1960	Giustina v. United States	190 F. Supp. 303	20
1969	General Electric Credit Corp. v. R. A. Heintz Construction Co.	302 F. Supp. 958	19
1968	Hyatt Chalet Motels, Inc. v. Salem Building & Construction Trades Council	298 F. Supp. 699	18
1964	Woodbury v. United States	232 F. Supp. 49	18
1961	Woodbury v. United States	192 F. Supp. 924	18
1968	Arrow Transportation Company v. Fruehauf Corporation	289 F. Supp. 170	17
1965	Royal Indemnity Co. v. John F. Cawrse Lumber Co.	245 F. Supp. 707	17
1963	Hiersche v. Seamless Rubber Co.	225 F. Supp. 682	17
1965	Perthou v. Stewart	243 F. Supp. 655	16
1966	Converse v. Udall	262 F. Supp. 583	15
1963	Waterman Steamship Corporation v. Snow	222 F. Supp. 892	15
1969	Stanley v. Onetta Boat Works, Inc.	303 F. Supp. 99	14

Showing the 15 most-cited of 70 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 Francis Kilkenny?: President Richard M. Nixon appointed John Francis Kilkenny to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1969.
Was John Francis Kilkenny appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: John Francis Kilkenny was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was John Francis Kilkenny's confirmation vote?: John Francis Kilkenny was confirmed by voice vote on September 12, 1969. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was John Francis Kilkenny on?: John Francis Kilkenny was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

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