Robert George Renner

How Judge Renner rules, drawn from 21 signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Judge Renner no longer hears cases. This profile is preserved as a historical record of how they ruled.

Court
United States District Court for the District of Minnesota
Position
district
Status
Deceased
Served
1980–2005
Appointed by
Jimmy Carter (Democratic)
Commissioned
1980-02-20
Education
St. John's University, Minnesota (B.A., 1947); Georgetown University Law Center (J.D., 1949)
Signed orders read
21

How Judge Renner decides

Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.

Cautions

Renner denied summary judgment when affidavits created a genuine dispute about whether a public employee had actually been terminated without a pretermination hearing.

“These allegations raise a genuine issue of fact as to whether defendants terminated plaintiff without any pre-termination hearing.”

Signed rulings

A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.

Bursch v. Beardsley & Piper
· 1991-05-08
Motion for prejudgment interest (defendant and third-party plaintiff) Denied

“motion for prejudgment interest on its contribution claim against DeZurik is DENIED.”

Simon v. G.D. Searle & Co.
· 1987-12-15
Discovery appeal (plaintiffs) Denied

“plaintiffs’ appeal from Paragraph 3 of the Special Master’s Report to the Court dated September 25, 1987 is denied”

Berg v. Gardebring
· 1989-01-12
Motion for partial summary judgment (plaintiffs regarding employer-withheld payments) Denied

“plaintiffs’ corresponding motion for declaratory judgment, are denied.”

Motion for partial summary judgment (defendant Secretary Bowen regarding employer-withheld payments) Granted

“Defendant Bowen’s motion for summary judgment upholding his regulation at 45 C.F.R. § 302.51(a) in this respect is granted.”

Motion for partial summary judgment (plaintiffs regarding mailed payments) Denied
Motion for partial summary judgment (defendant Secretary Bowen regarding mailed payments) Granted
Kociemba v. G.D. Searle & Co.
· 1988-02-03
Motions to dismiss (defendant drug manufacturer) Denied

“denies defendant’s motion to dismiss William Ko-ciemba’s loss of consortium claim.”

Motion to exclude expert testimony (defendant drug manufacturer) Denied

“denies defendant’s motion to exclude Robertson’s testimony.”

Motion to bifurcate (defendant drug manufacturer) Denied

“the defendant’s motion is denied.”

Smith v. Lake City Nursing Home
· 1991-08-30
Summary judgment (defendants) Denied

“defendants’ motion for summary judgment is DENIED.”

RNW Associates, Inc. v. Minnesota Workers' Compensation Assigned Risk Plan
· 1991-05-31
Summary judgment (defendant assigned-risk plan) Granted

“granted ARP’s motion for summary judgment.”

Little Earth of United Tribes, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development
· 1988-02-10
Motion to amend judgment (defendants) Granted in part

“pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 59(e), that paragraph 5 of this Court’s Order for Judgment dated October 19, 1987, be deleted and paragraph 4 of the Order for Judgment be amended”

United States v. Edwards
· 1990-09-21
Motion for judgment of acquittal (criminal defendant) Granted

“the motion for acquittal is hereby GRANTED.”

Kociemba v. G.D. Searle & Co.
· 1988-02-12
Motion in limine (defendant drug manufacturer) Granted in part

“defendant’s motion to exclude the 1976 FDA Task Force Report of Preclinical (Animal) Studies of G.D. Searle Company is granted to the extent that plaintiffs cannot use the report in their case-in-chief.”

Simon v. G.D. Searle & Co.
· 1987-05-08
Discovery appeal (defendant drug manufacturer) Denied

“defendant’s appeal be denied.”

California Board of Equalization v. MGM Liquor Warehouse
· 1985-08-16
Bankruptcy appeal (California Board of Equalization) Granted

“the decision of the bankruptcy court be reversed.”

Kociemba v. G. D. Searle & Co.
· 1988-02-11
Motion in limine (defendant drug manufacturer) Denied

“defendant’s motion to grant a blanket exclusion of unspecified evidence is denied.”

Motion in limine (defendant drug manufacturer) Denied

“defendant’s motion to exclude the November, 1977 warning is denied.”

Motion in limine (defendant drug manufacturer) Granted

“defendant’s motion to exclude the 1986 Cu-7 discontinuance announcement is granted.”

Caseload & timing

From public federal docket records for this judge.

The sampled assigned records consisted primarily of Social Security appeals plus two post-conviction matters, and none contained an entry timeline. They do not support motion timing or a representative career-wide caseload distribution.

A historical record

Judge Renner no longer hears cases. This profile stays available as a record of how they ruled. If you're preparing for a matter, start from the court's current bench.