Who appointed Edward Roy Becker?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Edward Roy Becker to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1981.

Was Edward Roy Becker appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Edward Roy Becker was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Edward Roy Becker's confirmation vote?

Edward Roy Becker was confirmed by voice vote on December 3, 1981. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Third Circuit / Appointed 1981 / Served to 2006

Edward Roy Becker

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and confirmed by voice vote, Edward Roy Becker was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1957. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1933–2006
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1981
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Pennsylvania 1954 · Yale Law School 1957
Succeeded: Max Rosenn
Succeeded by: Franklin Stuart Van Antwerpen

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1970	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	Nixon (R)	Voice vote
1981	Third Circuit succeeded Max Rosenn	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

University of Pennsylvania	B.A.	1954
Yale Law School	LL.B.	1957

Judicial Record

In our data, Becker authored 140 published opinions for the court (1971–1985). Most cited: Blessing v. United States (169 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1978	Blessing v. United States	447 F. Supp. 1160	169
1981	Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.	529 F. Supp. 866	134
1980	Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.	505 F. Supp. 1125	110
1980	Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.	505 F. Supp. 1190	105
1974	Oxford First Corp. v. PNC Liquidating Corp.	372 F. Supp. 191	99
1979	Gee v. CBS, INC.	471 F. Supp. 600	92
1972	Alfred Dunhill of London, Inc. v. Kasser Distillers Products Corp.	350 F. Supp. 1341	74
1981	United States Ex Rel. Small Business Administration v. Morris	525 F. Supp. 734	68
1980	Anaconda Co. v. Metric Tool & Die Co.	485 F. Supp. 410	68
1976	Robert Hawthorne, Inc. v. Director of Internal Revenue	406 F. Supp. 1098	67
1981	Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.	513 F. Supp. 1100	63
1980	Wilkinson v. Ellis	484 F. Supp. 1072	57
1980	Zenith Radio Corp. v. Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.	494 F. Supp. 1190	51
1979	Donner v. Tams-Witmark Music Library, Inc.	480 F. Supp. 1229	49
1976	In Re Grand Jury Investigation	412 F. Supp. 943	49

Showing the 15 most-cited of 140 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 Edward Roy Becker?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Edward Roy Becker to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1981.
Was Edward Roy Becker appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Edward Roy Becker was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Edward Roy Becker's confirmation vote?: Edward Roy Becker was confirmed by voice vote on December 3, 1981. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Edward Roy Becker on?: Edward Roy Becker was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Sources

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24 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).