Who appointed Robert Willis Warren?

President Richard M. Nixon appointed Robert Willis Warren to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in 1974.

Was Robert Willis Warren appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Robert Willis Warren was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Robert Willis Warren's confirmation vote?

Robert Willis Warren was confirmed by voice vote on August 22, 1974. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Wisconsin / Appointed 1974 / Served to 1998

Robert Willis Warren

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin

Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1974 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert Willis Warren was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. He earned a law degree from University of Wisconsin Law School in 1956. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1925–1998
Appointed by: Richard M. Nixon, 1974
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Macalester College 1950 · University of Wisconsin Law School 1956
Succeeded: Robert Emmet Tehan
Succeeded by: Rudolph Thomas Randa

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1974	Eastern District of Wisconsin succeeded Robert Emmet Tehan	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

Macalester College	B.A.	1950
University of Minnesota	M.A.	1951
University of Wisconsin Law School	J.D.	1956

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Warren was assigned 882 district-court cases (1972–1998). Median time from filing to termination: 247 days across 881 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas33%

Civil rights18%

Contract14%

Personal-injury torts8%

Other federal statutes7%

Labor & ERISA5%

Other16%

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, Warren authored 321 published opinions for the court (1974–1998). Most cited: Tinetti v. Wittke (86 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
1979	Tinetti v. Wittke	479 F. Supp. 486	86
1977	Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Vogel	437 F. Supp. 660	54
1977	Stern v. American Bankshares Corp.	429 F. Supp. 818	51
1994	Select Creations, Inc. v. Paliafito America, Inc.	852 F. Supp. 740	45
1995	Howard v. Navistar International, Transportation Corp.	904 F. Supp. 922	34
1978	Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Rockelman	460 F. Supp. 999	31
1996	Heil Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.	937 F. Supp. 1355	30
1979	Al Bishop Agency, Inc. v. Lithonia-Division of National Service Industries, Inc.	474 F. Supp. 828	28
1981	US Oil Co., Inc. v. Koch Refining Co.	518 F. Supp. 957	27
1980	Federal Deposit Insurance v. First Mortgage Investors	485 F. Supp. 445	27
1991	UWM Post, Inc. v. Board of Regents of University of Wisconsin System	774 F. Supp. 1163	22
1985	Federal Deposit Ins. v. FIRST NAT. BANK OF WAUKESHA	604 F. Supp. 616	22
1993	Select Creations, Inc. v. Paliafito America, Inc.	830 F. Supp. 1213	21
1992	Acme Printing Ink Co. v. Menard, Inc.	812 F. Supp. 1498	21
1985	Miller Brewing Co. v. Landau	616 F. Supp. 1285	21

Showing the 15 most-cited of 321 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 Willis Warren?: President Richard M. Nixon appointed Robert Willis Warren to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in 1974.
Was Robert Willis Warren appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Robert Willis Warren was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Robert Willis Warren's confirmation vote?: Robert Willis Warren was confirmed by voice vote on August 22, 1974. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Robert Willis Warren on?: Robert Willis Warren was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Sources

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23 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).