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Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Ronald ReaganRepublican president
Seat
CA31003
Nominated
Nov. 16, 1981
Committee hearing
Nov. 25, 1981
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Dec. 1, 1981
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Dec. 3, 1981
Commissioned
Dec. 3, 1981
ABA rating
Exceptionally Well Qualified
Chief Judge from
Jan. 1, 1998until Jan. 1, 2003
Senior status
May 4, 2003
Service ended
May 19, 2006Death

Source Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Judges. Party shown is the party of the appointing president, which is a fact about the president, not about the judge.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Judge Oct. 14, 1970 Jan. 22, 1982 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Richard M. Nixon
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Judge Dec. 3, 1981 May 19, 2006 Death Ronald Reagan

Recent judicial activity

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Cases

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Judicial writings

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Source Authorship is recorded only where the source data carries it. For recent Courts of Appeals opinions CourtListener frequently publishes the decision as a single document without naming the authoring judge, so an absence here means the attribution is unavailable upstream — not that the judge has written nothing.