Christopher C. Conner
Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by voice vote, Christopher C. Conner was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) in 1982. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1957 · age 69
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush, 2002
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Cornell 1979 · Dickinson Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) 1982
- Succeeded
- Sylvia H. Rambo
- Succeeded by
- Keli Marie Neary
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Middle District of Pennsylvania succeeded Sylvia H. Rambo | G.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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Conner was assigned 3,624 district-court cases (1996–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 198 days across 3,595 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 404 of Conner’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 355 were affirmed, 34 reversed or vacated, and 15 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, Conner authored 88 published opinions for the court (2002–2011). Most cited: Univac Dental Co. v. Dentsply International, Inc. (553 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Univac Dental Co. v. Dentsply International, Inc. | 702 F. Supp. 2d 465 | 553 |
| 2004 | Pappas v. City of Lebanon | 331 F. Supp. 2d 311 | 407 |
| 2009 | In Re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litigation | 602 F. Supp. 2d 538 | 90 |
| 2004 | Breighner v. Chesney | 301 F. Supp. 2d 354 | 35 |
| 2008 | Wilson v. McVey | 579 F. Supp. 2d 685 | 33 |
| 2011 | Goudy-Bachman v. United States Department of Health & Human Services | 811 F. Supp. 2d 1086 | 31 |
| 2007 | Conklin v. Warrington Township | 476 F. Supp. 2d 458 | 31 |
| 2008 | Mills v. City of Harrisburg | 589 F. Supp. 2d 544 | 26 |
| 2004 | Interbusiness Bank v. First Nat. Bank of Mifflin. | 318 F. Supp. 2d 230 | 26 |
| 2009 | In Re Chocolate Confectionary Antitrust Litigation | 641 F. Supp. 2d 367 | 25 |
| 2007 | Brice v. City of York | 528 F. Supp. 2d 504 | 25 |
| 2009 | Democracy Rising PA v. Celluci | 603 F. Supp. 2d 780 | 24 |
| 2007 | Westport Insurance v. Black, Davis & Shue Agency, Inc. | 513 F. Supp. 2d 157 | 24 |
| 2005 | Heft v. AAI CORP. | 355 F. Supp. 2d 757 | 24 |
| 2009 | Stilp v. Contino | 629 F. Supp. 2d 449 | 22 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 88 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 Christopher C. Conner?
- President George W. Bush appointed Christopher C. Conner to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in 2002.
- Was Christopher C. Conner appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Christopher C. Conner was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Christopher C. Conner's confirmation vote?
- Christopher C. Conner was confirmed by voice vote on July 26, 2002. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Christopher C. Conner on?
- Christopher C. Conner was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle 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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22 years on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).