Joseph Peter Kinneary
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 and confirmed by voice vote, Joseph Peter Kinneary was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio. He earned a law degree from University of Cincinnati College of Law in 1935. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1905–2003
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Notre Dame 1928 · University of Cincinnati College of Law 1935
- Succeeded
- Mell Gilbert Underwood
- Succeeded by
- George Curtis Smith
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Southern District of Ohio succeeded Mell Gilbert Underwood | 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 Notre Dame | B.A. | 1928 |
| University of Cincinnati College of Law | LL.B. | 1935 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Kinneary was assigned 1,451 district-court cases (1978–2001). Median time from filing to termination: 324 days across 1,451 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, Kinneary authored 131 published opinions for the court (1967–2001). Most cited: Gandee v. Glaser (188 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Gandee v. Glaser | 785 F. Supp. 684 | 188 |
| 1990 | Worthington Foods, Inc. v. Kellogg Co. | 732 F. Supp. 1417 | 85 |
| 1991 | United States v. Pretty Products, Inc. | 780 F. Supp. 1488 | 59 |
| 1974 | Porter v. Household Finance Corp. of Columbus | 385 F. Supp. 336 | 52 |
| 1991 | Lester v. Storey (In Re Lester) | 141 B.R. 157 | 47 |
| 1971 | Wade v. Bethesda Hospital | 337 F. Supp. 671 | 37 |
| 1967 | Ethridge v. Rhodes | 268 F. Supp. 83 | 34 |
| 1990 | Overholt v. Farm Credit Services (In Re Overholt) | 125 B.R. 202 | 33 |
| 1979 | Berman v. Bache, Halsey, Stuart, Shields, Inc. | 467 F. Supp. 311 | 30 |
| 1980 | Bailey v. Ohio State University | 487 F. Supp. 601 | 26 |
| 1989 | In Re Shannon | 100 B.R. 913 | 25 |
| 1975 | In Re Warren | 387 F. Supp. 1395 | 24 |
| 1992 | Davis & Tatera, Inc. v. Gray-Syracuse, Inc. | 796 F. Supp. 1078 | 23 |
| 1990 | General Acquisition, Inc. v. GenCorp Inc. | 766 F. Supp. 1460 | 23 |
| 1986 | United States v. One Hundred Twenty-Eight Thousand Thirty-Five Dollars ($128,035.00) in U.S. Currency | 628 F. Supp. 668 | 21 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 131 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 Joseph Peter Kinneary?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Joseph Peter Kinneary to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio in 1966.
- Was Joseph Peter Kinneary appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Joseph Peter Kinneary was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Joseph Peter Kinneary's confirmation vote?
- Joseph Peter Kinneary was confirmed by voice vote on July 22, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Joseph Peter Kinneary on?
- Joseph Peter Kinneary was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio (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 Southern District of Ohio. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).