David Andrew Pine
Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1940 and confirmed by voice vote, David Andrew Pine was an Associate Justice on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He earned a law degree from Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center) in 1913. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1891–1970
- Appointed by
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1940
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown Law Center) 1913
- Succeeded
- Joseph Winston Cox
- Succeeded by
- William Benson Bryant
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940 | District of Columbia succeeded Joseph Winston Cox | F.D. Roosevelt (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
Judicial Record
In our data, Pine authored 30 published opinions for the court (1938–1965). Most cited: Jarrott v. Scrivener (31 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1964 | Jarrott v. Scrivener | 225 F. Supp. 827 | 31 |
| 1952 | Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer | 103 F. Supp. 569 | 31 |
| 1953 | Hargrove v. Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers | 116 F. Supp. 3 | 26 |
| 1947 | Frye v. United States | 72 F. Supp. 405 | 25 |
| 1958 | Hobbs v. Lewis | 159 F. Supp. 282 | 23 |
| 1956 | United States Ex Rel. McCans v. Armour & Co. | 146 F. Supp. 546 | 18 |
| 1954 | United States v. Stephenson | 121 F. Supp. 274 | 17 |
| 1965 | United States v. Gordon | 246 F. Supp. 522 | 15 |
| 1958 | United States v. Wallace | 160 F. Supp. 859 | 14 |
| 1964 | Busey v. Washington | 225 F. Supp. 416 | 12 |
| 1944 | Tilghman v. Tilghman | 57 F. Supp. 417 | 9 |
| 1965 | United States v. Caviness | 239 F. Supp. 545 | 8 |
| 1958 | In Re Estate of Gray | 168 F. Supp. 124 | 8 |
| 1957 | Cary v. US Hoffman MacHinery Corporation | 148 F. Supp. 748 | 8 |
| 1954 | Christie v. Powder Power Tool Corporation | 124 F. Supp. 693 | 8 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 30 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 David Andrew Pine?
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed David Andrew Pine to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1940.
- Was David Andrew Pine appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- David Andrew Pine was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was David Andrew Pine's confirmation vote?
- David Andrew Pine was confirmed by voice vote on March 20, 1940. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was David Andrew Pine on?
- David Andrew Pine was an Associate Justice on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Harris & Ewing, photographer (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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30 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).