Eduardo C. Robreno
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Eduardo C. Robreno was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Rutgers School of Law -- Camden in 1978. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1945 · age 81
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1992
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Westfield State Teachers College 1967 · Rutgers Law -- Camden 1978
- Succeeded
- Louis Heilprin Pollak
- Succeeded by
- Joseph F. Leeson Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded Louis Heilprin Pollak | G.H.W. Bush (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
| Westfield State Teachers College | B.A. | 1967 |
| University of Massachusetts | M.A. | 1969 |
| Rutgers School of Law -- Camden | J.D. | 1978 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Robreno was assigned 175,181 district-court cases (1980–2023), including large consolidated multidistrict litigation. Median time from filing to termination: 182 days across 175,136 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 287 of Robreno’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 238 were affirmed, 31 reversed or vacated, and 18 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, Robreno authored 366 published opinions for the court (1992–2011). Most cited: Chancellor v. Pottsgrove School District (101 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Chancellor v. Pottsgrove School District | 501 F. Supp. 2d 695 | 101 |
| 2000 | Boykins v. Lucent Technologies, Inc. | 78 F. Supp. 2d 402 | 95 |
| 2010 | Mzamane v. Winfrey | 693 F. Supp. 2d 442 | 75 |
| 1998 | McDermott v. Party City Corp. | 11 F. Supp. 2d 612 | 58 |
| 2011 | Tyco Fire Products LP v. Victaulic Co. | 777 F. Supp. 2d 893 | 53 |
| 2010 | Price v. Trans Union, LLC | 737 F. Supp. 2d 276 | 52 |
| 1994 | Loftus v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority | 843 F. Supp. 981 | 50 |
| 2006 | Glass v. City of Philadelphia | 455 F. Supp. 2d 302 | 49 |
| 2011 | Reibstein v. RITE AID CORPORATION | 761 F. Supp. 2d 241 | 45 |
| 2003 | Schlegel v. Life Ins. Co. of N. America | 269 F. Supp. 2d 612 | 43 |
| 2007 | Soufflas v. Zimmer, Inc. | 474 F. Supp. 2d 737 | 41 |
| 1994 | Eagan Ex Rel. Keith v. Jackson | 855 F. Supp. 765 | 40 |
| 2008 | Whitfield v. City of Philadelphia | 587 F. Supp. 2d 657 | 39 |
| 2003 | Cooney v. Booth | 262 F. Supp. 2d 494 | 39 |
| 1997 | Spencer v. Steinman | 968 F. Supp. 1011 | 36 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 366 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 Eduardo C. Robreno?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Eduardo C. Robreno to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1992.
- Was Eduardo C. Robreno appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Eduardo C. Robreno was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Eduardo C. Robreno's confirmation vote?
- Eduardo C. Robreno was confirmed by voice vote on June 26, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Eduardo C. Robreno on?
- Eduardo C. Robreno 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: Brehon Law Society from Philadelphia, USA (CC BY-SA 2.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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31 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).