Who appointed Charles R. Weiner?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Charles R. Weiner to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1967.

Was Charles R. Weiner appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Charles R. Weiner was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Charles R. Weiner's confirmation vote?

Charles R. Weiner was confirmed by voice vote on June 12, 1967. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Pennsylvania / Appointed 1967 / Served to 2005

Charles R. Weiner

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

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles R. Weiner was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Temple University School of Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law) in 1949. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1922–2005
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1967
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Pennsylvania 1947 · Temple Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law) 1949
Succeeded by: Ronald Lawrence Buckwalter

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1967	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	L.B. Johnson (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	A.B.	1947
Temple University School of Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law)	LL.B.	1949
University of Pennsylvania	M.A.	1967
University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School)	Ph.D.	1976

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Weiner was assigned 3,681 district-court cases (1980–2005). Median time from filing to termination: 123 days across 3,681 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts27%

Contract17%

Civil rights14%

Prisoner & habeas14%

Labor & ERISA7%

Other federal statutes6%

Other16%

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 13 of Weiner’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 13 were affirmed, 0 reversed or vacated. 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, Weiner authored 165 published opinions for the court (1967–2005). Most cited: Rackin v. University of Pennsylvania (88 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
1974	Rackin v. University of Pennsylvania	386 F. Supp. 992	88
1983	Eisenberg v. Gagnon	564 F. Supp. 1347	41
1973	Aquarium Pharmaceuticals, Inc. v. Industrial Pressing & Packaging, Inc.	358 F. Supp. 441	40
1980	Harrison v. Wyeth Laboratories Division of American Home Products Corp.	510 F. Supp. 1	35
1980	Shlomchik v. Retirement Plan of the Amalgamated Insurance Fund	502 F. Supp. 240	30
1994	Seidle v. Provident Mutual Life Insurance	871 F. Supp. 238	28
1992	Elsesser v. Hospital of the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine	802 F. Supp. 1286	26
1996	Cyber Promotions, Inc. v. American Online, Inc.	948 F. Supp. 436	25
1994	Shepard v. K.B. Fruit & Vegetable, Inc.	868 F. Supp. 703	25
1991	Action Air Freight, Inc. v. Pilot Air Freight Corp.	769 F. Supp. 899	25
1987	Gill v. Mid-Penn Consumer Discount Co.	671 F. Supp. 1021	24
1986	Pugh v. Super Fresh Food Markets, Inc.	640 F. Supp. 1306	22
1975	Patterson v. City of Chester	389 F. Supp. 1093	22
1994	Fiber-Lite Corp. v. Molded Acoustical Products of Easton, Inc.	186 B.R. 603	21
1982	Marian Bank v. International Harvester Credit Corp.	550 F. Supp. 456	21

Showing the 15 most-cited of 165 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 Charles R. Weiner?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Charles R. Weiner to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1967.
Was Charles R. Weiner appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Charles R. Weiner was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Charles R. Weiner's confirmation vote?: Charles R. Weiner was confirmed by voice vote on June 12, 1967. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Charles R. Weiner on?: Charles R. Weiner was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Sources

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38 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).