Edward Joseph McManus
Appointed by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 and confirmed by voice vote, Edward Joseph McManus was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. He earned a law degree from University of Iowa College of Law in 1942. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1920–2017
- Appointed by
- John F. Kennedy, 1962
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Iowa 1940 · University of Iowa College of Law 1942
- Succeeded
- Henry Norman Graven
- Succeeded by
- David Rasmussen Hansen
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Northern District of Iowa succeeded Henry Norman Graven | Kennedy (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
| University of Iowa | B.A. | 1940 |
| University of Iowa College of Law | J.D. | 1942 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, McManus was assigned 1,736 district-court cases (1977–2016). Median time from filing to termination: 184 days across 1,736 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 233 of McManus’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 219 were affirmed, 9 reversed or vacated, and 5 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, McManus authored 85 published opinions for the court (1964–2000). Most cited: Bickel v. MacKie (60 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Bickel v. MacKie | 447 F. Supp. 1376 | 60 |
| 1972 | Kenney v. Landis Financial Group, Inc. | 349 F. Supp. 939 | 49 |
| 1975 | Midland Forge, Inc. v. Letts Industries, Inc. | 395 F. Supp. 506 | 27 |
| 1968 | Bishop v. Schield Bantam Company | 293 F. Supp. 94 | 27 |
| 1967 | Leahy v. Morgan | 275 F. Supp. 424 | 27 |
| 1976 | Youngbear v. Brewer | 415 F. Supp. 807 | 26 |
| 1980 | Dolter v. Wahlert High School | 483 F. Supp. 266 | 19 |
| 1972 | Julis v. City of Cedar Rapids, Iowa | 349 F. Supp. 88 | 18 |
| 1964 | Peterson v. Sears | 238 F. Supp. 12 | 16 |
| 1979 | Gunther v. Iowa State Men's Reformatory | 462 F. Supp. 952 | 15 |
| 1974 | Arnold v. SMITH MOTOR CO., BROOKFIELD, MO. | 389 F. Supp. 1020 | 15 |
| 1973 | Pierson v. Grant | 357 F. Supp. 397 | 14 |
| 1967 | Lundell v. Massey-Ferguson Services N.V. | 277 F. Supp. 940 | 14 |
| 1983 | Cook v. JC Penney Co., Inc. | 558 F. Supp. 78 | 13 |
| 1976 | Amana Society v. Gemeinde Brau, Inc. | 417 F. Supp. 310 | 13 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 85 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 Joseph McManus?
- President John F. Kennedy appointed Edward Joseph McManus to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa in 1962.
- Was Edward Joseph McManus appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Edward Joseph McManus was appointed by President John F. Kennedy, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Edward Joseph McManus's confirmation vote?
- Edward Joseph McManus was confirmed by voice vote on July 13, 1962. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Edward Joseph McManus on?
- Edward Joseph McManus was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: S. E. Tennant, Superintendent of Printing; Leon S. Barnes, Editor (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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54 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).