Sixth Circuit / Appointed 1982 / Served to 2004

Robert B. Krupansky

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert B. Krupansky was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Western Reserve University (now Case Western Reserve University) School of Law in 1948. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived
1921–2004
Appointed by
Ronald Reagan, 1982
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
Western Reserve (now Case Western Reserve University) 1946 · Western Reserve (now Case Western Reserve University) Law 1948
Succeeded by
Karen Nelson Moore

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1970Northern District of OhioNixon (R)Voice vote
1982Sixth CircuitReagan (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

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Krupansky was assigned 115 district-court cases (1991–1995). Median time from filing to termination: 827 days across 115 closed cases.

Social Security50%
Civil rights13%
Personal-injury torts11%
Labor & ERISA7%
Contract6%
Bankruptcy3%
Other10%

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, Krupansky authored 43 published opinions for the court (1971–1996). Most cited: Perlmuter Printing Co. v. Strome, Inc. (176 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Showing the 15 most-cited of 43 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 Robert B. Krupansky?
President Ronald Reagan appointed Robert B. Krupansky to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in 1982.
Was Robert B. Krupansky appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Robert B. Krupansky was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Robert B. Krupansky's confirmation vote?
Robert B. Krupansky was confirmed by voice vote on March 4, 1982. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Robert B. Krupansky on?
Robert B. Krupansky was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

Sources

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