Northern District of California / Appointed 1950 / Served to 1958

Edward Preston Murphy

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Appointed by President Harry S Truman in 1950 and confirmed by voice vote, Edward Preston Murphy was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He earned a law degree from University of Santa Clara (now Santa Clara University) School of Law in 1928. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived
1904–1958
Appointed by
Harry S Truman, 1950
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
University of Santa Clara (now Santa Clara) 1927 · University of Santa Clara (now Santa Clara) Law 1928

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1950Northern District of CaliforniaTruman (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

Judicial Record

In our data, Murphy authored 31 published opinions for the court (1951–1958). Most cited: J. C. Millett Co. v. Park & Tilford Distillers Corp. (47 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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

YearCaseCitationCited
1954J. C. Millett Co. v. Park & Tilford Distillers Corp.123 F. Supp. 48447
1956Application of House144 F. Supp. 9540
1952United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Church107 F. Supp. 68333
1958Heikkila v. Barber164 F. Supp. 58719
1953De Golia v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation140 F. Supp. 31617
1953Parker v. Lester112 F. Supp. 43316
1954United States v. Crawford119 F. Supp. 72915
1951Toy Teung Kwong v. Acheson97 F. Supp. 74514
1951United States v. Dollar100 F. Supp. 88113
1956Austad v. United States Steel Corp.141 F. Supp. 43712
1954Bizer v. United States124 F. Supp. 94912
1954United States v. WH Pollard Company124 F. Supp. 49510
1954Garrison v. United States121 F. Supp. 61710
1957Wolfe v. National Lead Company156 F. Supp. 8839
1957Coastwise Line v. United States157 F. Supp. 3059

Showing the 15 most-cited of 31 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 Preston Murphy?
President Harry S Truman appointed Edward Preston Murphy to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 1950.
Was Edward Preston Murphy appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Edward Preston Murphy was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Edward Preston Murphy's confirmation vote?
Edward Preston Murphy was confirmed by voice vote on December 13, 1950. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Edward Preston Murphy on?
Edward Preston Murphy was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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7 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).