Milton Irving Shadur
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, Milton Irving Shadur was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He earned a law degree from University of Chicago Law School in 1949. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1924–2018
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1980
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Chicago 1943 · University of Chicago Law School 1949
- Succeeded
- Hubert Louis Will
- Succeeded by
- Blanche M. Manning
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Northern District of Illinois succeeded Hubert Louis Will | Carter (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 Chicago | B.S. | 1943 |
| University of Chicago Law School | J.D. | 1949 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Shadur was assigned 6,636 district-court cases (1976–2017). Median time from filing to termination: 116 days across 6,631 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 129 of Shadur’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 84 were affirmed, 33 reversed or vacated, and 12 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, Shadur authored 1,432 published opinions for the court (1980–2011). Most cited: Keene Corp. v. International Fidelity Insurance (281 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Keene Corp. v. International Fidelity Insurance | 561 F. Supp. 656 | 281 |
| 1985 | Northern Trust Bank/O'hare, N.A. v. Inryco, Inc. | 615 F. Supp. 828 | 160 |
| 1993 | Powell v. Cook County Jail | 814 F. Supp. 757 | 115 |
| 1982 | Mendenhall v. Barber-Greene Co. | 531 F. Supp. 951 | 82 |
| 1982 | Bobbitt v. Victorian House, Inc. | 532 F. Supp. 734 | 73 |
| 1983 | Refrigeration Sales Co. v. Mitchell-Jackson, Inc. | 605 F. Supp. 6 | 64 |
| 1984 | Club Assistance Program, Inc. v. Zukerman | 594 F. Supp. 341 | 59 |
| 1983 | Abbott Laboratories v. Granite State Ins. Co. | 573 F. Supp. 193 | 59 |
| 1982 | Parnes v. Heinold Commodities, Inc. | 548 F. Supp. 20 | 56 |
| 1993 | McCullough v. Brown (In Re Brown) | 162 B.R. 506 | 54 |
| 1985 | Craig Corp. v. Albano (In Re Albano) | 55 B.R. 363 | 54 |
| 1985 | Fleming Sales Co., Inc. v. Bailey | 611 F. Supp. 507 | 52 |
| 1992 | Buttitta v. City of Chicago | 803 F. Supp. 213 | 48 |
| 1985 | Zick v. Verson Allsteel Press Co. | 623 F. Supp. 927 | 43 |
| 1987 | ITT Industrial Credit Co. v. D.S. America, Inc. | 674 F. Supp. 1330 | 42 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 1,432 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 Milton Irving Shadur?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Milton Irving Shadur to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1980.
- Was Milton Irving Shadur appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Milton Irving Shadur was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Milton Irving Shadur's confirmation vote?
- Milton Irving Shadur was confirmed by voice vote on May 21, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Milton Irving Shadur on?
- Milton Irving Shadur was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Government (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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37 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).