Bruce William Kauffman
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by voice vote, Bruce William Kauffman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1959. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1934–2021
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1997
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania 1956 · Yale Law School 1959
- Succeeded
- James McGirr Kelly
- Succeeded by
- C. Darnell Jones II
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded James McGirr Kelly | Clinton (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
| University of Pennsylvania | B.A. | 1956 |
| Yale Law School | LL.B. | 1959 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Kauffman was assigned 2,625 district-court cases (1992–2009). Median time from filing to termination: 316 days across 2,623 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 43 of Kauffman’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 39 were affirmed, 3 reversed or vacated, and 1 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, Kauffman authored 35 published opinions for the court (1998–2009). Most cited: Oldrati v. Apfel (117 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Oldrati v. Apfel | 33 F. Supp. 2d 397 | 117 |
| 1998 | Anderson v. Department of Public Welfare | 1 F. Supp. 2d 456 | 25 |
| 2007 | Nagle v. RMA, the Risk Management Ass'n | 513 F. Supp. 2d 383 | 21 |
| 1998 | 718 Arch Street Associates, Ltd. v. Blatstein (In Re Blatstein) | 226 B.R. 140 | 20 |
| 2003 | In Re Wellbutrin SR/Zyban Antitrust Litigation | 281 F. Supp. 2d 751 | 19 |
| 2000 | United States Ex Rel. Radoncic v. Zemski | 121 F. Supp. 2d 814 | 13 |
| 2001 | Mehling v. New York Life Insurance | 163 F. Supp. 2d 502 | 12 |
| 2004 | Drugstore-Direct, Inc. v. Cartier Division of Richemont North America, Inc. | 350 F. Supp. 2d 620 | 11 |
| 2000 | Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner, & Smith, Inc. v. Napolitano | 85 F. Supp. 2d 491 | 10 |
| 2003 | Forrest v. Beloit Corp. | 278 F. Supp. 2d 471 | 9 |
| 1999 | Pittman v. Continental Airlines, Inc. | 35 F. Supp. 2d 434 | 9 |
| 2009 | Martinez v. Triad Controls, Inc. | 593 F. Supp. 2d 741 | 8 |
| 2004 | Albrecht v. Horn | 314 F. Supp. 2d 451 | 8 |
| 2008 | United States v. Bunty | 617 F. Supp. 2d 359 | 7 |
| 2005 | F.A. Davis Co. v. Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. | 413 F. Supp. 2d 507 | 7 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 35 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 Bruce William Kauffman?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Bruce William Kauffman to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1997.
- Was Bruce William Kauffman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Bruce William Kauffman was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Bruce William Kauffman's confirmation vote?
- Bruce William Kauffman was confirmed by voice vote on November 8, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Bruce William Kauffman on?
- Bruce William Kauffman was 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
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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11 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).