Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 and confirmed by voice vote, Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. She earned a law degree from West Virginia University College of Law in 1951. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1925–2004
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1983
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Morris Harvey College (now of Charleston) 1946 · West Virginia College of Law 1951
- Succeeded
- Dennis Raymond Knapp
- Succeeded by
- Robert Charles Chambers
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Southern District of West Virginia succeeded Dennis Raymond Knapp | 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
| Morris Harvey College (now University of Charleston) | B.A. | 1946 |
| West Virginia University College of Law | J.D. | 1951 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Hallanan was assigned 2,715 district-court cases (1982–2004). Median time from filing to termination: 0 days across 2,695 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.
In our data, Hallanan authored 44 published opinions for the court (1984–2004). Most cited: Ball v. Joy Manufacturing Co. (23 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Ball v. Joy Manufacturing Co. | 755 F. Supp. 1344 | 23 |
| 1999 | Weddington v. Ford Motor Credit Co. | 59 F. Supp. 2d 578 | 14 |
| 1984 | European-American Bank & Trust Co. v. Gatx Aircraft Corp. (In Re Hawley Coal Mining Corp.) | 47 B.R. 392 | 14 |
| 1994 | Cooper v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. | 870 F. Supp. 1410 | 10 |
| 1990 | Dickenson v. Townside T v. & Appliance, Inc. | 770 F. Supp. 1122 | 9 |
| 1986 | Muncy v. Norfolk & Western Railway Co. | 650 F. Supp. 641 | 9 |
| 1996 | UMWA 1992 Benefit Plan v. Leckie Smokeless Coal Co. | 201 B.R. 163 | 8 |
| 1994 | United States v. Kokoski | 865 F. Supp. 325 | 8 |
| 1992 | United States v. Shaffer Equipment Co. | 796 F. Supp. 938 | 8 |
| 1991 | Dowell v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Automobile Insurance | 774 F. Supp. 996 | 7 |
| 1999 | Preast v. McGill | 65 F. Supp. 2d 395 | 6 |
| 1995 | Johnson v. United States | 906 F. Supp. 1100 | 6 |
| 1990 | Shaw v. Allen | 771 F. Supp. 760 | 6 |
| 2000 | Reed v. EI Du Pont De Nemours and Co. | 109 F. Supp. 2d 459 | 5 |
| 1985 | Walter v. West Virginia Board of Education | 610 F. Supp. 1169 | 5 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 44 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 Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia in 1983.
- Was Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan's confirmation vote?
- Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan was confirmed by voice vote on November 11, 1983. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan on?
- Elizabeth Virginia Hallanan was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia.
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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20 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).