Who appointed Allan Kuhn Grim?

President Harry S Truman appointed Allan Kuhn Grim to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1950.

Was Allan Kuhn Grim appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Allan Kuhn Grim was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Allan Kuhn Grim's confirmation vote?

Allan Kuhn Grim was confirmed by voice vote on April 4, 1950. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Pennsylvania / Appointed 1950 / Served to 1965

Allan Kuhn Grim

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Appointed by President Harry S Truman in 1950 and confirmed by voice vote, Allan Kuhn Grim was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1929. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1904–1965
Appointed by: Harry S Truman, 1950
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Swarthmore College 1924 · Harvard Law School 1929
Succeeded by: Ralph C. Body

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1950	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	Truman (D)	Voice vote

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

Swarthmore College	A.B.	1924
Harvard Law School	LL.B.	1929

Judicial Record

In our data, Grim authored 57 published opinions for the court (1950–1965). Most cited: United States v. National Football League (45 citations).

A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Recent & notable rulings

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1953	United States v. National Football League	116 F. Supp. 319	45
1963	Semple v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co.	215 F. Supp. 645	33
1965	City of Philadelphia v. Morton Salt Company	248 F. Supp. 506	31
1952	Sun Oil Co. v. Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Corp.	108 F. Supp. 280	29
1955	Sunbury Wire Rope Manufacturing Co. v. United States Steel Corp.	129 F. Supp. 425	27
1959	MacRae v. Afro-American Company	172 F. Supp. 184	21
1955	Sablosky v. Paramount Film Distributing Corporation	137 F. Supp. 929	21
1957	Rosenfield v. United States	156 F. Supp. 780	19
1956	Admiral Corporation v. Price Vacuum Stores	141 F. Supp. 796	18
1965	United States Ex Rel. Kloiber v. Myers	237 F. Supp. 682	16
1951	John Hancock Mut. Life Ins. Co. v. Yarrow	95 F. Supp. 185	16
1964	United States Ex Rel. Horne v. Pennsylvania Board of Parole	234 F. Supp. 368	15
1961	United States v. National Football League	196 F. Supp. 445	15
1965	United States Ex Rel. Gary v. Hendrick	238 F. Supp. 757	14
1951	Armstrong v. Berk	96 F. Supp. 182	14

Showing the 15 most-cited of 57 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Allan Kuhn Grim?: President Harry S Truman appointed Allan Kuhn Grim to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1950.
Was Allan Kuhn Grim appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Allan Kuhn Grim was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Allan Kuhn Grim's confirmation vote?: Allan Kuhn Grim was confirmed by voice vote on April 4, 1950. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Allan Kuhn Grim on?: Allan Kuhn Grim was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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15 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).