Lyle Elmer Strom
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Lyle Elmer Strom 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 1953. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1925–2023
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Creighton 1950 · Creighton Law 1953
- Succeeded
- Albert Gerard Schatz
- Succeeded by
- Joseph F. Bataillon
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | District of Nebraska succeeded Albert Gerard Schatz | Reagan (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
| Creighton University | B.A. | 1950 |
| Creighton University School of Law | J.D. | 1953 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Strom was assigned 2,340 district-court cases (1983–2017). Median time from filing to termination: 249 days across 2,339 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.
On appeal
Of 119 of Strom’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 99 were affirmed, 12 reversed or vacated, and 8 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Strom authored 54 published opinions for the court (1985–2011). Most cited: Oceanic Cablevision, Inc. v. M.D. Electronics (38 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Oceanic Cablevision, Inc. v. M.D. Electronics | 771 F. Supp. 1019 | 38 |
| 1988 | Glover v. Eastern Nebraska Community Office of Retardation | 686 F. Supp. 243 | 18 |
| 2008 | WWP, INC. v. Wounded Warriors, Inc. | 566 F. Supp. 2d 970 | 16 |
| 1994 | Douglas County, Neb. v. Gould, Inc. | 871 F. Supp. 1242 | 13 |
| 1993 | Fridrich v. Internal Revenue Service (In Re Fridrich) | 156 B.R. 41 | 11 |
| 1988 | Saint v. Nebraska School Activities Ass'n | 684 F. Supp. 626 | 11 |
| 1995 | Richenberg v. Perry | 909 F. Supp. 1303 | 10 |
| 2009 | Graske v. Auto-Owners Insurance | 647 F. Supp. 2d 1105 | 9 |
| 1990 | Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Percival | 752 F. Supp. 313 | 9 |
| 1987 | King v. United States | 684 F. Supp. 1038 | 8 |
| 1993 | Williams v. Clarke | 823 F. Supp. 1486 | 7 |
| 1990 | Federal Deposit Insurance v. Bowles Livestock Commission Co. | 739 F. Supp. 1364 | 7 |
| 1989 | In Re Hilton Land & Cattle Co. | 101 B.R. 604 | 7 |
| 1988 | United States v. Serpa | 688 F. Supp. 1398 | 7 |
| 2010 | Clark v. BRUMBAUGH AND QUANDAHL, PC, LLO | 731 F. Supp. 2d 915 | 6 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 54 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 Lyle Elmer Strom?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Lyle Elmer Strom to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska in 1985.
- Was Lyle Elmer Strom appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Lyle Elmer Strom was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Lyle Elmer Strom's confirmation vote?
- Lyle Elmer Strom was confirmed by voice vote on October 25, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Lyle Elmer Strom on?
- Lyle Elmer Strom was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the District of Nebraska (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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38 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).