John W. Reynolds
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 and confirmed by voice vote, John W. Reynolds was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. He earned a law degree from University of Wisconsin Law School in 1949. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1921–2002
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Wisconsin 1946 · University of Wisconsin Law School 1949
- Succeeded
- Kenneth Philip Grubb
- Succeeded by
- Joseph Peter Stadtmueller
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Eastern District of Wisconsin succeeded Kenneth Philip Grubb | L.B. Johnson (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
| University of Wisconsin | Ph.B. | 1946 |
| University of Wisconsin Law School | LL.B. | 1949 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Reynolds was assigned 1,663 district-court cases (1983–2001). Median time from filing to termination: 260 days across 1,663 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.
In our data, Reynolds authored 525 published opinions for the court (1966–2001). Most cited: Amos v. Board of School Directors of City of Milwaukee (57 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Amos v. Board of School Directors of City of Milwaukee | 408 F. Supp. 765 | 57 |
| 1981 | United States v. Marshall | 519 F. Supp. 751 | 47 |
| 1995 | Jeanine B. Ex Rel. Blondis v. Thompson | 877 F. Supp. 1268 | 45 |
| 1982 | Bell v. City of Milwaukee | 536 F. Supp. 462 | 41 |
| 1978 | Turner v. First Wisconsin Mortgage Trust | 454 F. Supp. 899 | 41 |
| 1975 | Maney v. Ratcliff | 399 F. Supp. 760 | 37 |
| 1980 | Dickenson v. Israel | 482 F. Supp. 1223 | 36 |
| 1983 | Luebke v. Marine Nat. Bank of Neenah | 567 F. Supp. 1460 | 34 |
| 1975 | City Federal Savings and Loan Ass'n v. Crowley | 393 F. Supp. 644 | 34 |
| 1969 | Schetter v. Heim | 300 F. Supp. 1070 | 34 |
| 1981 | Lukaszewicz v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Corp. | 510 F. Supp. 961 | 32 |
| 1976 | Mataya v. Behm Motors, Inc. | 409 F. Supp. 65 | 31 |
| 1976 | Armstrong v. O'CONNELL | 416 F. Supp. 1325 | 30 |
| 1982 | Office Supply Co., Inc. v. Basic/Four Corp. | 538 F. Supp. 776 | 27 |
| 1980 | Bittner v. Sadoff & Rudoy Industries | 490 F. Supp. 534 | 27 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 525 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 W. Reynolds?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed John W. Reynolds to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in 1965.
- Was John W. Reynolds appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John W. Reynolds was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John W. Reynolds's confirmation vote?
- John W. Reynolds was confirmed by voice vote on October 21, 1965. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was John W. Reynolds on?
- John W. Reynolds was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Siehe dort (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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36 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).