Who appointed Prentice Henry Marshall?

President Richard M. Nixon appointed Prentice Henry Marshall to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1973.

Was Prentice Henry Marshall appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Prentice Henry Marshall was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Prentice Henry Marshall's confirmation vote?

Prentice Henry Marshall was confirmed by voice vote on July 13, 1973. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of Illinois / Appointed 1973 / Served to 1996

Prentice Henry Marshall

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

Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1973 and confirmed by voice vote, Prentice Henry Marshall was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He earned a law degree from University of Illinois College of Law in 1951. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1926–2004
Appointed by: Richard M. Nixon, 1973
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Illinois 1949 · University of Illinois College of Law 1951
Succeeded: Alexander J. Napoli
Succeeded by: George Wakem Lindberg

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1973	Northern District of Illinois succeeded Alexander J. Napoli	Nixon (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

University of Illinois	B.S.	1949
University of Illinois College of Law	J.D.	1951

Judicial Record

In our data, Marshall authored 195 published opinions for the court (1974–1990). Most cited: Berman v. Schweiker (80 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1982	Berman v. Schweiker	531 F. Supp. 1149	80
1982	United States v. Dorfman	542 F. Supp. 345	78
1975	Cannon v. US Acoustics Corporation	398 F. Supp. 209	67
1979	In Re Uranium Antitrust Litigation	480 F. Supp. 1138	54
1976	United States v. City of Chicago	411 F. Supp. 218	51
1982	Ronco, Inc. v. Plastics, Inc.	539 F. Supp. 391	48
1979	Mayes v. Elrod	470 F. Supp. 1188	48
1978	Chromium Industries, Inc. v. Mirror Polishing & Plating Co., Inc.	448 F. Supp. 544	48
1983	Levine v. First National Bank of Lincolnwood (In Re Evanston Motor Co.)	26 B.R. 998	47
1984	Grossman v. Waste Management, Inc.	589 F. Supp. 395	45
1975	Illinois Migrant Council v. Pilliod	398 F. Supp. 882	43
1983	Begg v. Moffitt	555 F. Supp. 1344	42
1982	Means v. City of Chicago	535 F. Supp. 455	42
1975	Williams v. Brown	398 F. Supp. 155	41
1983	Roberts v. Western-Southern Life Insurance	568 F. Supp. 536	39

Showing the 15 most-cited of 195 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 Prentice Henry Marshall?: President Richard M. Nixon appointed Prentice Henry Marshall to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1973.
Was Prentice Henry Marshall appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Prentice Henry Marshall was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Prentice Henry Marshall's confirmation vote?: Prentice Henry Marshall was confirmed by voice vote on July 13, 1973. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Prentice Henry Marshall on?: Prentice Henry Marshall was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

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22 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).