Who appointed Richard Earl Robinson?

President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Richard Earl Robinson to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska in 1956.

Was Richard Earl Robinson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Richard Earl Robinson was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Richard Earl Robinson's confirmation vote?

Richard Earl Robinson was confirmed by voice vote on July 2, 1956. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Nebraska / Appointed 1956 / Served to 1991

Richard Earl Robinson

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

Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 and confirmed by voice vote, Richard Earl Robinson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska. He earned a law degree from Creighton University School of Law in 1927. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1903–1991
Appointed by: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Creighton Law 1927
Succeeded: James A. Donohoe
Succeeded by: Richard A. Dier

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1956	District of Nebraska succeeded James A. Donohoe	Eisenhower (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

Creighton University School of Law

LL.B.

1927

Judicial Record

In our data, Robinson authored 71 published opinions for the court (1958–1989). Most cited: Cudahy Company v. American Laboratories, Inc. (30 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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	Cudahy Company v. American Laboratories, Inc.	313 F. Supp. 1339	30
1971	In Re Nickerson & Nickerson, Inc.	329 F. Supp. 93	26
1975	Gilliam v. City of Omaha	388 F. Supp. 842	25
1962	League of Nebraska Municipalities v. Marsh	209 F. Supp. 189	25
1971	Omaha Tribe of Nebraska v. Village of Walthill	334 F. Supp. 823	24
1965	Watkins Motor Lines, Inc. v. United States	243 F. Supp. 436	23
1976	Arkoosh v. Dean Witter & Co., Inc.	415 F. Supp. 535	21
1965	League of Nebraska Municipalities v. Marsh	242 F. Supp. 357	20
1971	Blum v. Kawaguchi, Ltd.	331 F. Supp. 216	18
1976	Adler v. Lynch	415 F. Supp. 705	17
1969	Union Pacific Railroad Company v. United States	300 F. Supp. 318	17
1968	Exon v. Tiemann	279 F. Supp. 609	17
1969	Triplett v. Tiemann	302 F. Supp. 1239	16
1966	Mahoney v. Northwestern Bell Telephone Company	258 F. Supp. 500	16
1970	Cooper v. United States	313 F. Supp. 1207	14

Showing the 15 most-cited of 71 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 Earl Robinson?: President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Richard Earl Robinson to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska in 1956.
Was Richard Earl Robinson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Richard Earl Robinson was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Richard Earl Robinson's confirmation vote?: Richard Earl Robinson was confirmed by voice vote on July 2, 1956. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Richard Earl Robinson on?: Richard Earl Robinson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska.

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34 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).