Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr.
Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1958 and confirmed by voice vote, Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1931. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1904–1986
- Appointed by
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1958
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Dartmouth College 1926 · Yale Law School 1931
- Succeeded
- Paul Conway Leahy
- Succeeded by
- Walter King Stapleton
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | District of Delaware succeeded Paul Conway Leahy | Eisenhower (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
| Dartmouth College | A.B. | 1926 |
| Yale Law School | LL.B. | 1931 |
Judicial Record
In our data, Steel authored 115 published opinions for the court (1958–1982). Most cited: Voege v. American Sumatra Tobacco Corporation (54 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Voege v. American Sumatra Tobacco Corporation | 241 F. Supp. 369 | 54 |
| 1968 | Shellburne, Inc. v. New Castle County | 293 F. Supp. 237 | 38 |
| 1964 | United States v. Poppitt | 227 F. Supp. 73 | 38 |
| 1962 | Dauphin Corporation v. Redwall Corporation | 201 F. Supp. 466 | 38 |
| 1964 | United Industrial Corp. v. Nuclear Corp. of America | 237 F. Supp. 971 | 35 |
| 1975 | Brandywine One Hundred Corp. v. Hartford Fire Insurance | 405 F. Supp. 147 | 30 |
| 1958 | American Securit Co. v. Shatterproof Glass Corp. | 166 F. Supp. 813 | 24 |
| 1977 | Blanchette v. Providence & Worcester Co. | 428 F. Supp. 347 | 22 |
| 1971 | Hodgson v. Robert Hall Clothes, Inc. | 326 F. Supp. 1264 | 22 |
| 1979 | United States v. Lum | 466 F. Supp. 328 | 20 |
| 1964 | Wenninger v. United States | 234 F. Supp. 499 | 20 |
| 1964 | Ross v. Venezuelan-American Independent Oil Pro. Ass'n, Inc. | 230 F. Supp. 701 | 20 |
| 1967 | Hempstead v. General Fire Extinguisher Corporation | 269 F. Supp. 109 | 19 |
| 1976 | Baker v. Gotz | 415 F. Supp. 1243 | 18 |
| 1975 | Ash v. Brunswick Corporation | 405 F. Supp. 234 | 18 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 115 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 DeHaven Steel Jr.?
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in 1958.
- Was Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr. was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on April 22, 1958. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr. on?
- Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
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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28 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).