Clarence Charles Newcomer
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971 and confirmed by voice vote, Clarence Charles Newcomer was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1923–2005
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1971
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Franklin and Marshall College 1944 · Dickinson Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) 1948
- Succeeded
- Charles William Kraft Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Herbert J. Hutton
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded Charles William Kraft Jr. | Nixon (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, Newcomer was assigned 3,522 district-court cases (1985–2005). Median time from filing to termination: 167 days across 3,522 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 12 of Newcomer’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 12 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, Newcomer authored 318 published opinions for the court (1972–2005). Most cited: United States v. Wade (147 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | United States v. Wade | 577 F. Supp. 1326 | 147 |
| 1973 | Weiner v. Bank of King of Prussia | 358 F. Supp. 684 | 118 |
| 1979 | Armstrong v. Kline | 476 F. Supp. 583 | 73 |
| 1986 | In Re Neshaminy Office Building Associates | 62 B.R. 798 | 70 |
| 1973 | Kinee v. Abraham Lincoln Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n | 365 F. Supp. 975 | 63 |
| 1977 | Croker v. Boeing Co.(Vertol Div.) | 437 F. Supp. 1138 | 59 |
| 1977 | Dickerson v. United States Steel Corp. | 439 F. Supp. 55 | 53 |
| 1973 | United States v. Dooley | 364 F. Supp. 75 | 51 |
| 1979 | Realco Services, Inc. v. Holt | 479 F. Supp. 867 | 49 |
| 1972 | Mueller Brass Co. v. Reading Industries, Inc. | 352 F. Supp. 1357 | 49 |
| 1990 | Santiago v. Temple University | 739 F. Supp. 974 | 47 |
| 1987 | Centennial Insurance v. Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co. | 677 F. Supp. 342 | 47 |
| 1979 | C. Raymond Davis & Sons, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance | 467 F. Supp. 17 | 47 |
| 1978 | O'NEILL v. ARA Services, Inc. | 457 F. Supp. 182 | 45 |
| 1997 | Arch v. American Tobacco Co., Inc. | 984 F. Supp. 830 | 43 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 318 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 Clarence Charles Newcomer?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Clarence Charles Newcomer to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1971.
- Was Clarence Charles Newcomer appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Clarence Charles Newcomer was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Clarence Charles Newcomer's confirmation vote?
- Clarence Charles Newcomer was confirmed by voice vote on November 23, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Clarence Charles Newcomer on?
- Clarence Charles Newcomer 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
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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).