Edward Rafeedie
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982 and confirmed by voice vote, Edward Rafeedie was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned a law degree from University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law) in 1959. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1929–2008
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1982
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Southern California 1956 · University of Southern California Law School (now Gould Law) 1959
- Succeeded
- David Welford Williams
- Succeeded by
- Christina A. Snyder
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Central District of California succeeded David Welford Williams | 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 Southern California | B.S. | 1956 |
| University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law) | J.D. | 1959 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Rafeedie was assigned 3,492 district-court cases (1983–2008). Median time from filing to termination: 225 days across 3,491 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 35 of Rafeedie’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 28 were affirmed, 1 reversed or vacated, and 6 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, Rafeedie authored 70 published opinions for the court (1983–2007). Most cited: Tudyman v. United Airlines (59 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Tudyman v. United Airlines | 608 F. Supp. 739 | 59 |
| 1986 | Credit Managers Ass'n of Southern California v. Federal Co. | 629 F. Supp. 175 | 51 |
| 2004 | Molski v. Mandarin Touch Restaurant | 347 F. Supp. 2d 860 | 44 |
| 1991 | United States v. Caro-Quintero | 769 F. Supp. 1564 | 28 |
| 1998 | United States v. Zuno-Arce | 25 F. Supp. 2d 1087 | 26 |
| 2005 | Molski v. Mandarin Touch Restaurant | 385 F. Supp. 2d 1042 | 23 |
| 1988 | Morgan v. Barsky (In Re Barsky) | 85 B.R. 550 | 23 |
| 1992 | Bonin v. Vasquez | 807 F. Supp. 589 | 22 |
| 1984 | Blake Ex Rel. Blake v. National Casualty Co. | 607 F. Supp. 189 | 22 |
| 2005 | Molski v. Kahn Winery | 405 F. Supp. 2d 1160 | 20 |
| 1992 | Bonin v. Vasquez | 794 F. Supp. 957 | 20 |
| 1991 | Costello v. United States Government | 765 F. Supp. 1003 | 20 |
| 1984 | Perez-Funez v. District Director, Immigration & Naturalization Service | 611 F. Supp. 990 | 20 |
| 2006 | Lucas v. Gund, Inc. | 450 F. Supp. 2d 1125 | 19 |
| 2007 | Philip Morris USA Inc. v. Liu | 489 F. Supp. 2d 1119 | 18 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 70 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 Rafeedie?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Edward Rafeedie to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1982.
- Was Edward Rafeedie appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Edward Rafeedie was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Edward Rafeedie's confirmation vote?
- Edward Rafeedie was confirmed by voice vote on September 22, 1982. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Edward Rafeedie on?
- Edward Rafeedie was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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25 years on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).