Eastern District of Pennsylvania / Appointed 1967 / Served to 2004

Emanuel Mac Troutman

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967 and confirmed by voice vote, Emanuel Mac Troutman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) in 1936. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived
1915–2004
Appointed by
Lyndon B. Johnson, 1967
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
Dickinson College 1934 · Dickinson Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) 1936
Succeeded by
James McGirr Kelly

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1967Eastern District of PennsylvaniaL.B. Johnson (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.

A per-senator roll-call isn’t shown for this confirmation. The Senate’s recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989; many confirmations (especially before then, and most to the lower courts) were by voice vote or unanimous consent.

Education

Judicial Record

In our data, Troutman authored 381 published opinions for the court (1967–1996). Most cited: Carey v. Beans (56 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus — not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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

YearCaseCitationCited
1980Carey v. Beans500 F. Supp. 58056
1983Eaby v. Richmond561 F. Supp. 13153
1974Ames Publishing Co. v. Walker-Davis Publications, Inc.372 F. Supp. 153
1990Schillachi v. Flying Dutchman Motorcycle Club751 F. Supp. 116951
1978Beidler v. W. R. Grace, Inc.461 F. Supp. 101349
1982Goodman v. Wagner553 F. Supp. 25546
1988In Re Jablonski88 B.R. 65242
1972Daye v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania344 F. Supp. 133742
1968Heard v. Rizzo281 F. Supp. 72040
1983United States v. Geller560 F. Supp. 130938
1980Holman v. Carpenter Technology Corp.484 F. Supp. 40638
1995Kaplan v. First Options of Chicago, Inc.189 B.R. 88237
1982Mummau v. Ranck531 F. Supp. 40236
1973People's Rights Organization v. Bethlehem Associates356 F. Supp. 40731
1980Boddorff v. Publicker Industries, Inc.488 F. Supp. 110730

Showing the 15 most-cited of 381 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 Emanuel Mac Troutman?
President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Emanuel Mac Troutman to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1967.
Was Emanuel Mac Troutman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Emanuel Mac Troutman was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Emanuel Mac Troutman's confirmation vote?
Emanuel Mac Troutman was confirmed by voice vote on June 12, 1967 — no senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Emanuel Mac Troutman on?
Emanuel Mac Troutman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Sources

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37 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Data as of 2026-07-06. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).