Anita Blumstein Brody
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Anita Blumstein Brody is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1958. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1935 · age 91
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1992
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Wellesley College 1955 · Columbia Law School 1958
- Succeeded by
- Luis Felipe Restrepo
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | G.H.W. Bush (R) | 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
| Wellesley College | B.A. | 1955 |
| Columbia Law School | J.D. | 1958 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Brody was assigned 6,370 district-court cases (1988–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 224 days across 5,833 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
On appeal
Of 176 of Brody’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 144 were affirmed, 23 reversed or vacated, and 9 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Brody authored 435 published opinions for the court (1992–2011). Most cited: Burgos v. Canino (68 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Burgos v. Canino | 641 F. Supp. 2d 443 | 68 |
| 2005 | Gremo v. Karlin | 363 F. Supp. 2d 771 | 65 |
| 2005 | Brockington v. City of Philadelphia | 354 F. Supp. 2d 563 | 62 |
| 2008 | Alpart v. General Land Partners, Inc. | 574 F. Supp. 2d 491 | 55 |
| 1993 | Reich v. Compton | 834 F. Supp. 753 | 54 |
| 1999 | Synygy, Inc. v. Scott-Levin, Inc. | 51 F. Supp. 2d 570 | 52 |
| 2006 | D'ONOFRIO v. Il Mattino | 430 F. Supp. 2d 431 | 46 |
| 2008 | Bucci v. Wachovia Bank, N.A. | 591 F. Supp. 2d 773 | 45 |
| 2010 | In Re Flonase Antitrust Litigation | 692 F. Supp. 2d 524 | 43 |
| 2009 | Watson v. Philadelphia Housing Authority | 629 F. Supp. 2d 481 | 43 |
| 2004 | Johnson v. Anhorn | 334 F. Supp. 2d 802 | 39 |
| 1995 | MacLean v. Secor | 876 F. Supp. 695 | 39 |
| 2009 | Spieth v. Bucks County Housing Authority | 594 F. Supp. 2d 584 | 37 |
| 2004 | Booth v. King | 346 F. Supp. 2d 751 | 37 |
| 1995 | Clark v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania | 885 F. Supp. 694 | 36 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 435 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 Anita Blumstein Brody?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Anita Blumstein Brody to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1992.
- Was Anita Blumstein Brody appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Anita Blumstein Brody was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Anita Blumstein Brody's confirmation vote?
- Anita Blumstein Brody was confirmed by voice vote on September 29, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Anita Blumstein Brody on?
- Anita Blumstein Brody is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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33 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).