Who appointed Philip Neville?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Philip Neville to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota in 1967.

Was Philip Neville appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Philip Neville was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Philip Neville's confirmation vote?

Philip Neville was confirmed by voice vote on July 31, 1967. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Minnesota / Appointed 1967 / Served to 1974

Philip Neville

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967 and confirmed by voice vote, Philip Neville was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. He earned a law degree from University of Minnesota Law School in 1933. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1909–1974
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1967
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Minnesota 1931 · University of Minnesota Law School 1933
Succeeded: Gunnar Hans Nordbye
Succeeded by: Donald Douglas Alsop

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1967	District of Minnesota succeeded Gunnar Hans Nordbye	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 Minnesota	B.A.	1931
University of Minnesota Law School	LL.B.	1933

Judicial Record

In our data, Neville authored 110 published opinions for the court (1967–1973). Most cited: Uhlaender v. Henricksen (51 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1970	Uhlaender v. Henricksen	316 F. Supp. 1277	51
1969	Wyatt v. Northwestern Mutual Insurance Co. of Seattle	304 F. Supp. 781	47
1971	Hall v. Minnesota Transfer Railway Company	322 F. Supp. 92	45
1973	Ames v. Vavreck	356 F. Supp. 931	44
1969	Westley v. Rossi	305 F. Supp. 706	42
1967	Daly v. Pedersen	278 F. Supp. 88	42
1968	Duffy v. Currier	291 F. Supp. 810	41
1971	McQuay, Inc. v. Samuel Schlosberg, Inc.	321 F. Supp. 902	40
1967	Hurley v. Northwest Publications, Inc.	273 F. Supp. 967	40
1969	Owatonna Manufacturing Company v. Melroe Company	301 F. Supp. 1296	36
1969	Uppgren v. Executive Aviation Services, Inc.	304 F. Supp. 165	28
1969	Control Data Corp. v. International Business MacHines Corp.	306 F. Supp. 839	27
1969	Dixon v. Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis	297 F. Supp. 485	27
1968	Lind v. Canada Dry Corporation	283 F. Supp. 861	26
1968	Allied Realty of St. Paul v. Exchange Nat. Bank of Chicago	283 F. Supp. 464	24

Showing the 15 most-cited of 110 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 Philip Neville?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Philip Neville to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota in 1967.
Was Philip Neville appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Philip Neville was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Philip Neville's confirmation vote?: Philip Neville was confirmed by voice vote on July 31, 1967. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Philip Neville on?: Philip Neville was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.

Sources

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6 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).