Richard George Kopf
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Richard George Kopf was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska. He earned a law degree from University of Nebraska College of Law in 1972. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1946–2025
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1992
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Kearney State College (now of Nebraska Kearney) 1969 · University of Nebraska College of Law 1972
- Succeeded
- Warren Keith Urbom
- Succeeded by
- John Melvin Gerrard
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | District of Nebraska succeeded Warren Keith Urbom | G.H.W. Bush (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
| Kearney State College (now University of Nebraska Kearney) | B.A. | 1969 |
| University of Nebraska College of Law | J.D. | 1972 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Kopf was assigned 4,628 district-court cases (1987–2022). Median time from filing to termination: 210 days across 4,628 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 451 of Kopf’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 420 were affirmed, 21 reversed or vacated, and 10 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, Kopf authored 318 published opinions for the court (1991–2011). Most cited: Jackson v. N.P. Dodge Realty Co. (515 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Jackson v. N.P. Dodge Realty Co. | 173 F. Supp. 2d 951 | 515 |
| 1993 | Morley v. Stenberg | 828 F. Supp. 1413 | 35 |
| 2010 | Doe v. Nebraska | 734 F. Supp. 2d 882 | 34 |
| 1998 | Carhart v. Stenberg | 11 F. Supp. 2d 1099 | 33 |
| 1995 | Milroy v. Hanson | 875 F. Supp. 646 | 32 |
| 2007 | DEVELOPMENTAL SERVICES OF NE v. City of Lincoln | 504 F. Supp. 2d 714 | 30 |
| 2003 | United States v. Bailey | 272 F. Supp. 2d 822 | 27 |
| 2001 | Riggs v. County of Banner | 159 F. Supp. 2d 1158 | 27 |
| 2011 | Lotter v. Houston | 771 F. Supp. 2d 1074 | 25 |
| 2004 | Carhart v. Ashcroft | 331 F. Supp. 2d 805 | 23 |
| 2000 | United States v. Johnson | 126 F. Supp. 2d 1222 | 23 |
| 1992 | ConAgra, Inc. v. Geo. A. Hormel & Co. | 784 F. Supp. 700 | 22 |
| 2009 | Creighton University v. General Electric Co. | 636 F. Supp. 2d 940 | 19 |
| 2005 | United States v. Tabor | 365 F. Supp. 2d 1052 | 19 |
| 1998 | Jones v. United States | 9 F. Supp. 2d 1119 | 19 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 318 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 Richard George Kopf?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Richard George Kopf to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska in 1992.
- Was Richard George Kopf appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Richard George Kopf was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Richard George Kopf's confirmation vote?
- Richard George Kopf was confirmed by voice vote on May 21, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Richard George Kopf on?
- Richard George Kopf 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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32 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).