Clifford Scott Green
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971 and confirmed by voice vote, Clifford Scott Green 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 1951. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1923–2007
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1971
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Temple 1948 · Temple Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law) 1951
- Succeeded
- Harold Kenneth Wood
- Succeeded by
- Jan Ely DuBois
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded Harold Kenneth Wood | 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
| Temple University | B.S. | 1948 |
| Temple University School of Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law) | J.D. | 1951 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Green was assigned 2,676 district-court cases (1981–2007). Median time from filing to termination: 290 days across 2,672 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 22 of Green’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 21 were affirmed, 1 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, Green authored 113 published opinions for the court (1972–2007). Most cited: Jungkurth v. Eastern Financial Services, Inc. (48 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Jungkurth v. Eastern Financial Services, Inc. | 87 B.R. 333 | 48 |
| 1979 | Moore v. Colautti | 483 F. Supp. 357 | 44 |
| 1973 | Downs v. Department of Public Welfare | 368 F. Supp. 454 | 44 |
| 1975 | McGinley v. Burroughs Corporation | 407 F. Supp. 903 | 35 |
| 1973 | Carter v. Joseph Bancroft & Sons Co. | 360 F. Supp. 1103 | 29 |
| 1980 | Bolden v. Pennsylvania State Police | 491 F. Supp. 958 | 28 |
| 1976 | In Re Gilchrist Co. | 410 F. Supp. 1070 | 28 |
| 1980 | Lieb v. American Pacific International, Inc. | 489 F. Supp. 690 | 27 |
| 1989 | Peterson v. Philadelphia Stock Exchange | 717 F. Supp. 332 | 25 |
| 1983 | Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. v. Scorpio Music Distributors, Inc. | 569 F. Supp. 47 | 25 |
| 1973 | Gavin v. Read Corporation | 356 F. Supp. 483 | 24 |
| 1980 | Riccobono v. Whitpain Township | 497 F. Supp. 1364 | 21 |
| 1975 | Bledsoe v. Department of Housing & Urban Development | 398 F. Supp. 315 | 21 |
| 1975 | Dudley v. Textron, Inc., Burkart-Randall Division | 386 F. Supp. 602 | 20 |
| 1991 | Lomas & Nettleton Co. v. Warren (In Re Warren) | 125 B.R. 128 | 19 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 113 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 Clifford Scott Green?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Clifford Scott Green to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1971.
- Was Clifford Scott Green appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Clifford Scott Green was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Clifford Scott Green's confirmation vote?
- Clifford Scott Green was confirmed by voice vote on December 4, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Clifford Scott Green on?
- Clifford Scott Green 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
- Portrait: Unknown author (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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35 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).