Edwin Michael Kosik
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 and confirmed by voice vote, Edwin Michael Kosik was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) in 1951. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1925–2019
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1986
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Wilkes College 1949 · Dickinson Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) 1951
- Succeeded
- Malcolm Muir
- Succeeded by
- Yvette Kane
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Middle District of Pennsylvania succeeded Malcolm Muir | 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
| Wilkes College | B.A. | 1949 |
| Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) | LL.B. | 1951 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Kosik was assigned 5,182 district-court cases (1981–2017). Median time from filing to termination: 146 days across 5,180 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 166 of Kosik’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 152 were affirmed, 10 reversed or vacated, and 4 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, Kosik authored 30 published opinions for the court (1986–2009). Most cited: Garcia v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE (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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Garcia v. IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE | 733 F. Supp. 1554 | 59 |
| 2009 | Zaloga v. Provident Life & Accident Insurance Co. of America | 671 F. Supp. 2d 623 | 49 |
| 2007 | Oehlmann v. Metropolitan Life Insurance | 644 F. Supp. 2d 521 | 15 |
| 1994 | Ball v. U.S. Parole Commission | 849 F. Supp. 328 | 14 |
| 1990 | United States v. Nardone | 782 F. Supp. 996 | 11 |
| 1987 | Cable Investments, Inc. v. Woolley | 680 F. Supp. 174 | 11 |
| 2006 | Scanlin v. Utica First Insurance | 426 F. Supp. 2d 243 | 10 |
| 1988 | Sandt v. Holden | 698 F. Supp. 64 | 8 |
| 1986 | Lewis v. Kelchner | 658 F. Supp. 358 | 8 |
| 2009 | Serino v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America | 706 F. Supp. 2d 584 | 7 |
| 1996 | Sindoni v. Consolidated Rail Corp. | 4 F. Supp. 2d 358 | 7 |
| 1988 | Lessard v. Jersey Shore State Bank | 702 F. Supp. 96 | 7 |
| 1986 | Gaiardo v. Ethyl Corp. | 697 F. Supp. 1377 | 7 |
| 1992 | Albrechta v. Borough of White Haven | 810 F. Supp. 139 | 6 |
| 1990 | Garden State Tire Realty Corp. v. R.K.R. Hess Associates, Inc. | 762 F. Supp. 92 | 6 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 30 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 Edwin Michael Kosik?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Edwin Michael Kosik to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in 1986.
- Was Edwin Michael Kosik appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Edwin Michael Kosik was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Edwin Michael Kosik's confirmation vote?
- Edwin Michael Kosik was confirmed by voice vote on June 13, 1986. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Edwin Michael Kosik on?
- Edwin Michael Kosik was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
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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32 years on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).