Edward Cornelius Reed Jr.
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Edward Cornelius Reed Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1952. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1924–2013
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Nevada, Reno 1949 · Harvard Law School 1952
- Succeeded by
- David Warner Hagen
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | District of Nevada | Carter (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 Nevada, Reno | B.A. | 1949 |
| Harvard Law School | J.D. | 1952 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Reed was assigned 2,764 district-court cases (1976–2012). Median time from filing to termination: 282 days across 2,735 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 144 of Reed’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 118 were affirmed, 14 reversed or vacated, and 12 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, Reed authored 414 published opinions for the court (1980–2011). Most cited: Saini v. International Game Technology (97 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Saini v. International Game Technology | 434 F. Supp. 2d 913 | 97 |
| 1985 | Laxalt v. McClatchy | 602 F. Supp. 214 | 58 |
| 1986 | United States v. Mageean | 649 F. Supp. 820 | 57 |
| 1985 | Laxalt v. McClatchy | 622 F. Supp. 737 | 43 |
| 1993 | Alam v. Reno Hilton Corp. | 819 F. Supp. 905 | 42 |
| 1988 | Ybarra v. Sumner | 678 F. Supp. 1480 | 42 |
| 2006 | Riner v. Crawford | 415 F. Supp. 2d 1207 | 39 |
| 1993 | Rashidi v. Albright | 818 F. Supp. 1354 | 38 |
| 1984 | Johnstone v. Wolff | 582 F. Supp. 455 | 35 |
| 1980 | Louis v. Supreme Court of Nevada | 490 F. Supp. 1174 | 33 |
| 2010 | Zurich American Insurance v. Coeur Rochester, Inc. | 720 F. Supp. 2d 1223 | 30 |
| 1996 | Bohach v. City of Reno | 932 F. Supp. 1232 | 29 |
| 1994 | Phoenix Leasing Inc. v. Sure Broadcasting, Inc. | 843 F. Supp. 1379 | 29 |
| 1984 | Johnson v. Galli | 596 F. Supp. 135 | 27 |
| 1997 | Schutts v. Bently Nevada Corp. | 966 F. Supp. 1549 | 26 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 414 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 Cornelius Reed Jr.?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Edward Cornelius Reed Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada in 1979.
- Was Edward Cornelius Reed Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Edward Cornelius Reed Jr. was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Edward Cornelius Reed Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Edward Cornelius Reed Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on September 25, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Edward Cornelius Reed Jr. on?
- Edward Cornelius Reed Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada.
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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33 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Nevada. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).