Frank Harlan Freedman
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1972 and confirmed by voice vote, Frank Harlan Freedman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He earned a law degree from Boston University School of Law in 1949. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1924–2003
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1972
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Boston Law 1949
- Succeeded
- Levin Hicks Campbell
- Succeeded by
- Michael Adrian Ponsor
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | District of Massachusetts succeeded Levin Hicks Campbell | Nixon (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
| Boston University School of Law | LL.B. | 1949 |
| Boston University School of Law | LL.M. | 1950 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Freedman was assigned 1,823 district-court cases (1976–2003). Median time from filing to termination: 304 days across 1,823 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, Freedman authored 166 published opinions for the court (1972–2003). Most cited: Rohrberg v. Apfel (97 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Rohrberg v. Apfel | 26 F. Supp. 2d 303 | 97 |
| 1985 | Mohawk Industries, Inc. v. Robinson Industries, Inc. | 46 B.R. 464 | 65 |
| 1974 | Boston Chapter, NAACP, Inc. v. Beecher | 371 F. Supp. 507 | 38 |
| 1990 | Flag Fables, Inc. v. Jean Ann's Country Flags & Crafts, Inc. | 730 F. Supp. 1165 | 32 |
| 1980 | Loritts v. United States | 489 F. Supp. 1030 | 31 |
| 1985 | In Re the Application of Kingsley | 614 F. Supp. 219 | 25 |
| 1977 | Araserv, Inc. v. Bay State Harness Horse Racing & Breeding Ass'n | 437 F. Supp. 1083 | 25 |
| 1987 | Kerlinsky v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland | 690 F. Supp. 1112 | 21 |
| 1985 | In Re Grand Jury Subpoena (Legal Services Center) | 615 F. Supp. 958 | 21 |
| 1975 | Morgan Gt Co. of Ny v. Third Nat. Bk. of Hampden Cty. | 400 F. Supp. 383 | 21 |
| 1975 | Jackson v. Sargent | 394 F. Supp. 162 | 21 |
| 1978 | Stromberg v. Costello | 456 F. Supp. 848 | 20 |
| 1974 | Cornelius v. Minter | 395 F. Supp. 616 | 20 |
| 1989 | In Re Anolik | 107 B.R. 426 | 19 |
| 1978 | Chute v. United States | 466 F. Supp. 61 | 19 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 166 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 Harlan Freedman?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Frank Harlan Freedman to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1972.
- Was Frank Harlan Freedman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Frank Harlan Freedman was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Frank Harlan Freedman's confirmation vote?
- Frank Harlan Freedman was confirmed by voice vote on October 12, 1972. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Frank Harlan Freedman on?
- Frank Harlan Freedman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Vilallonga (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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30 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).