Edward Norman Cahn
Appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1974 and confirmed by voice vote, Edward Norman Cahn was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1958. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1933 · age 93
- Appointed by
- Gerald Ford, 1974
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Lehigh 1955 · Yale Law School 1958
- Succeeded
- John Morgan Davis
- Succeeded by
- Timothy J. Savage
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded John Morgan Davis | Ford (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
| Lehigh University | B.A. | 1955 |
| Yale Law School | LL.B. | 1958 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Cahn was assigned 1,705 district-court cases (1985–1998). Median time from filing to termination: 210 days across 1,705 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, Cahn authored 148 published opinions for the court (1975–1998). Most cited: Continental Casualty Co. v. Diversified Industries, Inc. (175 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Continental Casualty Co. v. Diversified Industries, Inc. | 884 F. Supp. 937 | 175 |
| 1993 | Glendon Energy Co. v. Borough of Glendon | 836 F. Supp. 1109 | 173 |
| 1992 | Gallagher v. Mazda Motor of America, Inc. | 781 F. Supp. 1079 | 64 |
| 1987 | Chemical Waste Management, Inc. v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc. | 669 F. Supp. 1285 | 50 |
| 1997 | Jung v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance | 949 F. Supp. 353 | 46 |
| 1990 | Coffman v. Wilson Police Department | 739 F. Supp. 257 | 42 |
| 1978 | Davis v. Bucher | 451 F. Supp. 791 | 41 |
| 1988 | Lyncott Corp. v. Chemical Waste Management, Inc. | 690 F. Supp. 1409 | 36 |
| 1997 | Hyde Athletic Industries, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Co. | 969 F. Supp. 289 | 35 |
| 1989 | Gulati v. Zuckerman | 723 F. Supp. 353 | 35 |
| 1986 | Rich Maid Kitchens, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance | 641 F. Supp. 297 | 35 |
| 1984 | Avins v. Moll | 610 F. Supp. 308 | 35 |
| 1992 | Cameron v. Graphic Management Associates, Inc. | 817 F. Supp. 19 | 32 |
| 1992 | Markovich v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. | 805 F. Supp. 1231 | 32 |
| 1975 | B & B INVESTMENT CLUB v. Kleinert's, Inc. | 391 F. Supp. 720 | 30 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 148 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 Norman Cahn?
- President Gerald Ford appointed Edward Norman Cahn to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1974.
- Was Edward Norman Cahn appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Edward Norman Cahn was appointed by President Gerald Ford, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Edward Norman Cahn's confirmation vote?
- Edward Norman Cahn was confirmed by voice vote on December 18, 1974. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Edward Norman Cahn on?
- Edward Norman Cahn 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: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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24 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).