Edmund V. Ludwig
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Edmund V. Ludwig was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1952. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1928–2016
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Harvard 1949 · Harvard Law School 1952
- Succeeded
- Raymond Joseph Broderick
- Succeeded by
- Legrome D. Davis
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded Raymond Joseph Broderick | Reagan (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
| Harvard University | A.B. | 1949 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1952 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Ludwig was assigned 4,621 district-court cases (1984–2014). Median time from filing to termination: 187 days across 4,616 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 77 of Ludwig’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 66 were affirmed, 10 reversed or vacated, and 1 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, Ludwig authored 108 published opinions for the court (1986–2010). Most cited: Mullin v. Apfel (55 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Mullin v. Apfel | 79 F. Supp. 2d 544 | 55 |
| 1991 | Coyne v. Allstate Insurance | 771 F. Supp. 673 | 48 |
| 1988 | United States v. Owens | 84 B.R. 361 | 33 |
| 1988 | Transport Workers' Union v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | 678 F. Supp. 543 | 25 |
| 2000 | Mullen v. Topper's Salon and Health Spa, Inc. | 99 F. Supp. 2d 553 | 21 |
| 1987 | Stephen Smith Home for the Aged, Inc. v. Mercy Douglass Center, Inc. (In Re Stephen Smith Home for the Aged, Inc.) | 80 B.R. 678 | 19 |
| 1996 | Tranor v. Brown | 913 F. Supp. 388 | 17 |
| 1988 | Blue Line Coal Co., Inc. v. Equibank | 683 F. Supp. 493 | 17 |
| 1992 | United States v. Rohm and Haas Co. | 790 F. Supp. 1255 | 15 |
| 1987 | Perez v. Philadelphia Housing Authority | 677 F. Supp. 357 | 14 |
| 2001 | Rosen v. Communication Services Group, Inc. | 155 F. Supp. 2d 310 | 13 |
| 1990 | In Re Nejberger | 120 B.R. 21 | 13 |
| 1987 | Moore Push-Pin Co. v. Moore Business Forms, Inc. | 678 F. Supp. 113 | 13 |
| 1987 | Ferrell v. Brick | 678 F. Supp. 111 | 13 |
| 1991 | United States v. Milicia | 769 F. Supp. 877 | 12 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 108 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 Edmund V. Ludwig?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Edmund V. Ludwig to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1985.
- Was Edmund V. Ludwig appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Edmund V. Ludwig was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Edmund V. Ludwig's confirmation vote?
- Edmund V. Ludwig was confirmed by voice vote on October 16, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Edmund V. Ludwig on?
- Edmund V. Ludwig 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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30 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).