Ruggero John Aldisert · Benchlight

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Appointment

Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Title: Judge
Appointed by: Lyndon B. JohnsonDemocratic
Seat: CA30703
Nominated: July 17, 1968
Committee hearing: July 29, 1968
Committee action: Reported (favorably)July 29, 1968
Senate vote: Voice
Confirmed: July 29, 1968
Commissioned: July 29, 1968
ABA rating: Well Qualified
Chief Judge from: Jan. 1, 1984until Jan. 1, 1986
Senior status: Dec. 31, 1986
Service ended: Dec. 28, 2014Death

Source Federal Judicial Center.

Recent judicial activity

Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.

Feb. 6, 1987

opinion issued Authored the opinion in United States v. Felton

Cases

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

No panel assignments recorded in the ingested window.

Judicial writings

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

Type	Case	Court	Filed
Opinion	United States v. Felton	Third Circuit	Feb. 6, 1987

Education

B.A.: University of Pittsburgh1941
J.D.: University of Pittsburgh School of Law1947

Writings by type

Combined: 1

Counting writings Benchlight holds, 1987–1987. Earlier work may not yet be recorded.

Computed by Benchlight

Professional career

U.S. Marine Corps major, 1942-1946
Private practice, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1947-1961
Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County [Pennsylvania], 1961-1968
Adjunct professor, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, 1963-1986
Board member, Federal Judicial Center, 1972-1979
Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1984-1986

Source Federal Judicial Center biographical record.