Benchlight The federal appellate judiciary

Appointment

Court
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Title
Judge
Appointed by
Ronald ReaganRepublican
Seat
CA30307
Nominated
Aug. 7, 1987
Committee hearing
Oct. 20, 1987
Committee action
Reported (favorably)Nov. 5, 1987
Senate vote
Voice
Confirmed
Nov. 6, 1987
Commissioned
Nov. 9, 1987
ABA rating
Qualified
Senior status
Sept. 4, 1998

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Judicial service history

Every federal judicial office held, in order of appointment.

CourtTitleCommissionedEndedAppointed by
U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey Judge Nov. 4, 1985 Nov. 16, 1987 Appointment to Another Judicial Position Ronald Reagan
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Judge Nov. 9, 1987 In service Ronald Reagan

Recent judicial activity

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

Cases

Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.

CaseNo.StatusDate
J. M. v. Summit City Board of Education 20-3391 Decided July 1, 2022
East Brunswick European Wax v. NLRB 20-2120 Decided Jan. 11, 2022 Authored
Karen Hepp v. Facebook 20-2725 Decided Sept. 23, 2021
Independent Laboratory Employe v. ExxonMobil Research and Engine 19-2988 Decided Aug. 26, 2021
Bahaa Aly v. Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inter 19-3326 Decided June 16, 2021
Bahaa Aly v. Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inter 19-3326 Decided June 16, 2021
Ernest Porter v. Pennsylvania Department of Cor 18-3505 Decided Sept. 1, 2020
Wilton Armetale Inc v. 19-2907 Decided Aug. 4, 2020
Christina Williams v. Medley Opportunity Fund II, LP 19-2058 Decided July 14, 2020
Physicians Healthsource Inc v. Cephalon Inc 18-3609 Decided March 30, 2020
Laurel Gardens, LLC v. Timothy McKenna 18-3758 Decided Jan. 14, 2020 Authored
Natalie Munroe v. Central Bucks School District 14-3509 Decided Oct. 25, 2019
Fed Cetera LLC v. National Credit Services Inc 18-1243 Decided Sept. 17, 2019
Northeastern Pennsylvania v. County of Lackawanna Transit 18-2743 Decided Sept. 17, 2019
Michael Jester v. Robert Hutt 18-3114 Decided Aug. 28, 2019
John Guerra, Jr. v. Consolidated Rail Corp 18-2471 Decided Aug. 21, 2019
Wolfington v. Reconstructive Orthopaedic Assocs. II PC 17-3500 & 18-1182 Decided Aug. 20, 2019
United States v. Walter Porter 18-3268 Decided Aug. 1, 2019
Obasi Investment Ltd v. Tibet Pharmaceuticals Inc 18-1849 Decided July 23, 2019
TD Bank NA v. Vernon Hill, II 16-2897 Decided July 1, 2019

Judicial writings

Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.

TypeCaseCourtFiled
Opinion East Brunswick European Wax v. NLRB Third Circuit Jan. 11, 2022
Opinion Laurel Gardens, LLC v. Timothy McKenna Third Circuit Jan. 14, 2020
Opinion United States v. Kenneth Daniels Third Circuit Feb. 7, 2019
Opinion of the Court United States v. Erlikh Third Circuit April 18, 2002