Who appointed Rudolph Thomas Randa?

President George H.W. Bush appointed Rudolph Thomas Randa to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in 1992.

Was Rudolph Thomas Randa appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Rudolph Thomas Randa 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 Rudolph Thomas Randa's confirmation vote?

Rudolph Thomas Randa was confirmed by voice vote on August 11, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Wisconsin / Appointed 1992 / Served to 2016

Rudolph Thomas Randa

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

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Rudolph Thomas Randa 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 1966. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1940–2016
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1992
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 1963 · University of Wisconsin Law School 1966
Succeeded: Robert Willis Warren
Succeeded by: Brett Harry Ludwig

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1992	Eastern District of Wisconsin succeeded Robert Willis Warren	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

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	B.S.	1963
University of Wisconsin Law School	J.D.	1966

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Randa was assigned 3,875 district-court cases (1985–2016). Median time from filing to termination: 178 days across 3,874 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas26%

Civil rights18%

Contract11%

Other federal statutes10%

Labor & ERISA9%

Personal-injury torts8%

Other18%

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 189 of Randa’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 133 were affirmed, 36 reversed or vacated, and 20 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, Randa authored 145 published opinions for the court (1992–2011). Most cited: Rich Products Corp. v. Kemutec, Inc. (66 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
1999	Rich Products Corp. v. Kemutec, Inc.	66 F. Supp. 2d 937	66
1993	Production Stamping Corp. v. Maryland Casualty Co.	829 F. Supp. 1074	41
1997	Raytheon Co. v. McGraw-Edison Co., Inc.	979 F. Supp. 858	37
1999	Luedtke v. Bertrand	32 F. Supp. 2d 1074	29
2009	Flynn v. Doyle	630 F. Supp. 2d 987	22
2011	In Re Fair	450 B.R. 853	21
2008	Lyman v. St. Jude Medical S.C., Inc.	580 F. Supp. 2d 719	21
1999	Hirsch v. Smitley	66 F. Supp. 2d 985	20
2001	Eichmann v. Hunter Automated MacHinery, Inc.	167 F. Supp. 2d 1070	19
1993	Chilcote v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield United of Wisconsin	841 F. Supp. 877	19
2009	Orlando Residence Ltd. v. GP CREDIT CO., LLC	609 F. Supp. 2d 813	18
2008	Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development v. Ratliff	390 B.R. 607	18
1996	VME Americas, Inc. v. Hein-Werner Corp.	946 F. Supp. 683	16
2002	Kipp v. Royal & Sun Alliance Personal Insurance Company	209 F. Supp. 2d 962	15
2002	Boomsma v. Star Transport, Inc.	202 F. Supp. 2d 869	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 145 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 Rudolph Thomas Randa?: President George H.W. Bush appointed Rudolph Thomas Randa to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin in 1992.
Was Rudolph Thomas Randa appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Rudolph Thomas Randa 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 Rudolph Thomas Randa's confirmation vote?: Rudolph Thomas Randa was confirmed by voice vote on August 11, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Rudolph Thomas Randa on?: Rudolph Thomas Randa was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Wisconsin.

Sources

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24 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).