Frank Joseph Battisti
Appointed by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 and confirmed by voice vote, Frank Joseph Battisti was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1922–1994
- Appointed by
- John F. Kennedy, 1961
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Ohio 1947 · Harvard Law School 1950
- Succeeded by
- Peter C. Economus
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Northern District of Ohio | Kennedy (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
| Ohio University | A.B. | 1947 |
| Harvard Law School | J.D. | 1950 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Battisti was assigned 936 district-court cases (1977–1994). Median time from filing to termination: 288 days across 936 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, Battisti authored 157 published opinions for the court (1964–1994). Most cited: Workman v. Cardwell (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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Workman v. Cardwell | 338 F. Supp. 893 | 56 |
| 1972 | Banks v. Perk | 341 F. Supp. 1175 | 55 |
| 1980 | United States v. City of Parma, Ohio | 494 F. Supp. 1049 | 43 |
| 1976 | Reed v. Rhodes | 422 F. Supp. 708 | 34 |
| 1985 | Matter of Extradition of Demjanjuk | 612 F. Supp. 544 | 29 |
| 1975 | Drayton Ex Rel. Drayton v. Jiffee Chemical Corp. | 395 F. Supp. 1081 | 29 |
| 1981 | United States v. Demjanjuk | 518 F. Supp. 1362 | 27 |
| 1978 | Reed v. Rhodes | 455 F. Supp. 546 | 21 |
| 1985 | Affeldt v. Carr | 628 F. Supp. 1097 | 20 |
| 1964 | City Loan & Savings Co. v. Employers' Liability Assurance Corp. | 249 F. Supp. 633 | 20 |
| 1990 | Lyman Steel Corp. v. Ferrostaal Metals Corp. | 747 F. Supp. 389 | 19 |
| 1989 | Reeves v. Digital Equipment Corp. | 710 F. Supp. 675 | 19 |
| 1984 | Innovative Digital Equipment, Inc. v. Quantum Technology, Inc. | 597 F. Supp. 983 | 18 |
| 1991 | Pillin's Place, Inc. v. Bank One, Akron, N.A. | 771 F. Supp. 205 | 17 |
| 1990 | General Environmental Science Corp. v. Horsfall | 753 F. Supp. 664 | 17 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 157 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 Frank Joseph Battisti?
- President John F. Kennedy appointed Frank Joseph Battisti to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1961.
- Was Frank Joseph Battisti appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Frank Joseph Battisti was appointed by President John F. Kennedy, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Frank Joseph Battisti's confirmation vote?
- Frank Joseph Battisti was confirmed by voice vote on September 21, 1961. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Frank Joseph Battisti on?
- Frank Joseph Battisti was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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33 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).