District of Hawaii / Appointed 1982 / Served to 1995

Harold Michael Fong

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982 and confirmed by voice vote, Harold Michael Fong was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. He earned a law degree from University of Michigan Law School in 1964. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived
1938–1995
Appointed by
Ronald Reagan, 1982
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
University of Southern California 1960 · University of Michigan Law School 1964
Succeeded by
Susan Oki Mollway

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1982District of HawaiiReagan (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

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Fong was assigned 658 district-court cases (1989–1995). Median time from filing to termination: 206 days across 658 closed cases.

Contract22%
Prisoner & habeas20%
Personal-injury torts19%
Civil rights11%
Labor & ERISA9%
Other federal statutes7%
Other13%

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, Fong authored 68 published opinions for the court (1982–2000). Most cited: Hawaii's Thousand Friends v. City & County of Honolulu (35 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1993Hawaii's Thousand Friends v. City & County of Honolulu821 F. Supp. 136835
1993Stewart v. Sullivan810 F. Supp. 110235
1991Paulson, Inc. v. Bromar, Inc.775 F. Supp. 132927
1982Alexander v. Moore & Associates, Inc.553 F. Supp. 94826
1992United States v. Vellalos780 F. Supp. 70525
1994Kealoha v. E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.844 F. Supp. 59023
1993Wheelock v. Sport Kites, Inc.839 F. Supp. 73023
1994Kersting v. United States865 F. Supp. 66921
1990Wade v. United States745 F. Supp. 157321
1990Quiming v. International Pacific Enterprises, Ltd.773 F. Supp. 23019
1989Kendall v. American Hawaii Cruises704 F. Supp. 101018
1993Exxon Shipping Co. v. Pacific Resources, Inc.835 F. Supp. 119514
1984Stancil v. Mergenthaler Linotype Co.589 F. Supp. 7814
1992Genovia v. Jackson National Life Insurance795 F. Supp. 103613
1991Exxon Shipping Co. v. Pacific Resources, Inc.789 F. Supp. 152113

Showing the 15 most-cited of 68 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 Harold Michael Fong?
President Ronald Reagan appointed Harold Michael Fong to the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii in 1982.
Was Harold Michael Fong appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Harold Michael Fong was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Harold Michael Fong's confirmation vote?
Harold Michael Fong was confirmed by voice vote on June 18, 1982. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Harold Michael Fong on?
Harold Michael Fong was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii.

Sources

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12 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Hawaii. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).