Who appointed Nicholas John Bua?

President Jimmy Carter appointed Nicholas John Bua to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1977.

Was Nicholas John Bua appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Nicholas John Bua was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Nicholas John Bua's confirmation vote?

Nicholas John Bua was confirmed by voice vote on October 7, 1977. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of Illinois / Appointed 1977 / Served to 1991

Nicholas John Bua

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 and confirmed by voice vote, Nicholas John Bua was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He earned a law degree from DePaul University College of Law in 1953. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1925–2002
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1977
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: DePaul College of Law 1953
Succeeded: William Joseph Lynch
Succeeded by: Rubén Castillo

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1977	Northern District of Illinois succeeded William Joseph Lynch	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

DePaul University College of Law

J.D.

1953

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Bua was assigned 383 district-court cases (1984–2002). Median time from filing to termination: 63 days across 383 closed cases.

Labor & ERISA22%

Real property18%

Contract13%

Personal-injury torts13%

Civil rights11%

Prisoner & habeas9%

Other14%

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, Bua authored 507 published opinions for the court (1978–1991). Most cited: Shakman v. Democratic Organization of Cook Cty. (91 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1979	Shakman v. Democratic Organization of Cook Cty.	481 F. Supp. 1315	91
1986	Alvarez v. City of Chicago	649 F. Supp. 43	76
1985	State Bank of Lombard v. Chart House, Inc.	46 B.R. 468	47
1981	Baselski v. Paine, Webber, Jackson & Curtis, Inc.	514 F. Supp. 535	45
1980	Goodman v. Board of Trustees of Community College District 524	498 F. Supp. 1329	40
1982	Hotel Constructors, Inc. v. Seagrave Corp.	543 F. Supp. 1048	37
1984	Estate of Patel v. Patel (In Re Patel)	43 B.R. 500	36
1978	United States Ex Rel. Sanders v. Rowe	460 F. Supp. 1128	36
1983	Midwest Precision Services, Inc. v. PTM Industries Corp.	574 F. Supp. 657	35
1980	Parnes v. Heinold Commodities, Inc.	487 F. Supp. 645	35
1983	Shakman v. DEMOCRATIC ORGAN. OF COOK COUNTY	569 F. Supp. 177	34
1989	Grove Fresh Distributors, Inc. v. Flavor Fresh Foods, Inc.	720 F. Supp. 714	32
1984	United National Records, Inc. v. MCA, Inc.	609 F. Supp. 33	32
1985	Systems Research, Inc. v. Random, Inc.	614 F. Supp. 494	30
1985	Onesti v. Thomson McKinnon Securities, Inc.	619 F. Supp. 1262	29

Showing the 15 most-cited of 507 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 Nicholas John Bua?: President Jimmy Carter appointed Nicholas John Bua to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1977.
Was Nicholas John Bua appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Nicholas John Bua was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Nicholas John Bua's confirmation vote?: Nicholas John Bua was confirmed by voice vote on October 7, 1977. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Nicholas John Bua on?: Nicholas John Bua was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Sources

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14 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).