Barbara Kloka Hackett
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 and confirmed by voice vote, Barbara Kloka Hackett was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She earned a law degree from University of Detroit Law School (now University of Detroit Mercy School of Law) in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1928–2018
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1986
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Detroit (now of Detroit Mercy) 1948 · University of Detroit Law School (now of Detroit Mercy Law) 1950
- Succeeded
- Charles Wycliffe Joiner
- Succeeded by
- George Caram Steeh III
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Eastern District of Michigan succeeded Charles Wycliffe Joiner | Reagan (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
| University of Detroit (now University of Detroit Mercy) | Ph.B. | 1948 |
| University of Detroit Law School (now University of Detroit Mercy School of Law) | J.D. | 1950 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Hackett was assigned 3,628 district-court cases (1978–1999). Median time from filing to termination: 195 days across 3,626 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.
In our data, Hackett authored 59 published opinions for the court (1986–2000). Most cited: Walker v. Metropolitan Life Insurance (35 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Walker v. Metropolitan Life Insurance | 24 F. Supp. 2d 775 | 35 |
| 1988 | Carr v. Michigan Real Estate Insurance Trust (In Re Michigan Real Estate Insurance Trust) | 87 B.R. 447 | 33 |
| 1997 | United States v. Garno | 974 F. Supp. 628 | 22 |
| 1989 | Kennard v. Harris Corp. | 728 F. Supp. 453 | 21 |
| 1997 | Lyall v. Leslie's Poolmart | 984 F. Supp. 587 | 13 |
| 1998 | Bartell v. Lohiser | 12 F. Supp. 2d 640 | 12 |
| 1990 | Varacalli v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance | 763 F. Supp. 205 | 12 |
| 1988 | Johnson v. United States | 677 F. Supp. 529 | 12 |
| 1987 | United States v. Leprich | 666 F. Supp. 967 | 12 |
| 1988 | Joumas v. Maryland Casualty Co. | 698 F. Supp. 675 | 9 |
| 1990 | 8600 Associates, Ltd. Partnership v. Wearguard Corp. | 737 F. Supp. 44 | 8 |
| 1987 | Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority v. Adamkus | 677 F. Supp. 521 | 8 |
| 1987 | Robert R. Jones Associates, Inc. v. Nino Homes | 686 F. Supp. 160 | 8 |
| 1999 | Parks v. LaFace Records | 76 F. Supp. 2d 775 | 7 |
| 1997 | Armstrong v. Chrysler Corp. | 972 F. Supp. 1085 | 7 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 59 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 Barbara Kloka Hackett?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Barbara Kloka Hackett to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1986.
- Was Barbara Kloka Hackett appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Barbara Kloka Hackett was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Barbara Kloka Hackett's confirmation vote?
- Barbara Kloka Hackett was confirmed by voice vote on March 27, 1986. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Barbara Kloka Hackett on?
- Barbara Kloka Hackett was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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13 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).