Robert George Renner
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert George Renner was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota. He earned a law degree from Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center) in 1949. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1923–2005
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1980
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- St. John's, Minnesota 1947 · Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown Law Center) 1949
- Succeeded by
- Richard House Kyle
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | District of Minnesota | Carter (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
| St. John's University, Minnesota | B.A. | 1947 |
| Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center) | J.D. | 1949 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Renner was assigned 632 district-court cases (1979–1999). Median time from filing to termination: 448 days across 632 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.
In our data, Renner authored 67 published opinions for the court (1980–1998). Most cited: Werlein v. United States (78 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Werlein v. United States | 746 F. Supp. 887 | 78 |
| 1988 | Kociemba v. G.D. Searle & Co. | 680 F. Supp. 1293 | 61 |
| 1980 | Bergquist v. First National Bank of St. Paul (In Re American Lumber Co.) | 5 B.R. 470 | 53 |
| 1989 | Kociemba v. G.D. Searle & Co. | 707 F. Supp. 1517 | 50 |
| 1992 | Werlein v. United States | 793 F. Supp. 898 | 39 |
| 1983 | In Re Leisure Dynamics, Inc. | 33 B.R. 121 | 36 |
| 1982 | United States v. Advance MacHine Co. | 547 F. Supp. 1085 | 36 |
| 1987 | Seiler v. First National Bank of Babbitt (In Re Benassi) | 72 B.R. 44 | 34 |
| 1989 | Marine Iron & Shipbuilding Co. v. City of Duluth (In Re Marine Iron & Shipbuilding Co.) | 104 B.R. 976 | 27 |
| 1983 | Little Earth of United Tribes, Inc. v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development | 584 F. Supp. 1292 | 23 |
| 1981 | Mueller v. Allen | 514 F. Supp. 998 | 23 |
| 1983 | All-American Life & Casualty Co. v. Adolphsen (In Re Adolphsen) | 38 B.R. 780 | 17 |
| 1980 | Percell's Inc. v. Central Telephone Co. | 493 F. Supp. 156 | 16 |
| 1988 | Hoppe v. G.D. Searle & Co. | 683 F. Supp. 1271 | 14 |
| 1984 | Schwartz v. Renville Farmers Co-Op Credit Union | 44 B.R. 266 | 14 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 67 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 George Renner?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Robert George Renner to the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota in 1980.
- Was Robert George Renner appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Robert George Renner was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Robert George Renner's confirmation vote?
- Robert George Renner was confirmed by voice vote on February 20, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Robert George Renner on?
- Robert George Renner was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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25 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).