Third Circuit
Walter King Stapleton
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- Ronald ReaganRepublican president
- Seat
- CA31301
- Nominated
- March 27, 1985
- Committee hearing
- April 3, 1985
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)April 3, 1985
- Senate vote
- Voice
- Confirmed
- April 3, 1985
- Commissioned
- April 4, 1985
- Senior status
- June 2, 1999
- Service ended
- Nov. 23, 2024Death
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.
| Court | Title | Commissioned | Ended | Appointed by |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware | Judge | Oct. 14, 1970 | May 8, 1985 Appointment to Another Judicial Position | Richard M. Nixon |
| U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit | Judge | April 4, 1985 | Nov. 23, 2024 Death | Ronald Reagan |
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
- No recorded activity.
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
No writings are attributed to this judge in the ingested records.
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.