Daniel Henry Huyett III
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1970 and confirmed by voice vote, Daniel Henry Huyett III was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1921–1998
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1970
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Michigan 1942 · University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) 1948
- Succeeded by
- Jay Carl Waldman
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 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, Huyett was assigned 976 district-court cases (1983–1997). Median time from filing to termination: 244 days across 976 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.
In our data, Huyett authored 320 published opinions for the court (1971–1996). Most cited: Rottmund v. Continental Assurance Co. (110 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Rottmund v. Continental Assurance Co. | 813 F. Supp. 1104 | 110 |
| 1977 | Wehr v. Burroughs Corp. | 438 F. Supp. 1052 | 57 |
| 1992 | Commonwealth Insurance v. Graphix Hot Line, Inc. | 808 F. Supp. 1200 | 52 |
| 1972 | Atlee v. Laird | 347 F. Supp. 689 | 51 |
| 1979 | Shuman v. City of Philadelphia | 470 F. Supp. 449 | 49 |
| 1990 | Planned Parenthood v. Casey | 744 F. Supp. 1323 | 47 |
| 1975 | Fialkowski v. Shapp | 405 F. Supp. 946 | 47 |
| 1981 | Engl Ex Rel. Plymouth Plaza Associates v. Berg | 511 F. Supp. 1146 | 46 |
| 1985 | Clark v. Cohen | 613 F. Supp. 684 | 45 |
| 1981 | Stanley A. Klopp, Inc. v. John Deere Co. | 510 F. Supp. 807 | 39 |
| 1992 | Pennsylvania Insurance Guaranty Ass'n v. Trabosh | 812 F. Supp. 522 | 36 |
| 1976 | Coleco Industries, Inc. v. Berman | 423 F. Supp. 275 | 34 |
| 1974 | Litton RCS, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission | 376 F. Supp. 579 | 33 |
| 1989 | Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. | 707 F. Supp. 762 | 31 |
| 1989 | Dole v. Solid Waste Services, Inc. | 733 F. Supp. 895 | 30 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 320 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 Daniel Henry Huyett III?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Daniel Henry Huyett III to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1970.
- Was Daniel Henry Huyett III appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Daniel Henry Huyett III was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Daniel Henry Huyett III's confirmation vote?
- Daniel Henry Huyett III was confirmed by voice vote on October 8, 1970. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Daniel Henry Huyett III on?
- Daniel Henry Huyett III 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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27 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).