Harold H. Greene
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978 and confirmed by voice vote, Harold H. Greene was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He earned a law degree from George Washington University Law School in 1952. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1923–2000
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1978
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- George Washington 1949 · George Washington Law School 1952
- Succeeded
- John Joseph Sirica
- Succeeded by
- Colleen Kollar-Kotelly
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | District of Columbia succeeded John Joseph Sirica | Carter (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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Greene was assigned 1,990 district-court cases (1979–1999). Median time from filing to termination: 232 days across 1,990 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, Greene authored 285 published opinions for the court (1978–1997). Most cited: United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. (379 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. | 552 F. Supp. 131 | 379 |
| 1983 | United States v. Western Elec. Co., Inc. | 569 F. Supp. 1057 | 95 |
| 1983 | United States v. Western Elec. Co., Inc. | 569 F. Supp. 990 | 74 |
| 1980 | Rushford v. Civiletti | 485 F. Supp. 477 | 71 |
| 1978 | United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. | 461 F. Supp. 1314 | 63 |
| 1989 | United States v. Roberts | 726 F. Supp. 1359 | 61 |
| 1979 | United States v. Merritt | 478 F. Supp. 804 | 57 |
| 1981 | United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. | 524 F. Supp. 1336 | 54 |
| 1993 | National Trust for Historic Preservation v. Department of State | 834 F. Supp. 453 | 51 |
| 1980 | United States v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. | 498 F. Supp. 353 | 51 |
| 1997 | Smith v. Roher | 954 F. Supp. 359 | 46 |
| 1979 | North v. District of Columbia Board of Education | 471 F. Supp. 136 | 45 |
| 1996 | Caudle v. Thomason | 942 F. Supp. 635 | 40 |
| 1989 | United States v. Poindexter | 725 F. Supp. 13 | 36 |
| 1989 | United States v. Poindexter | 727 F. Supp. 1470 | 36 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 285 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 H. Greene?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Harold H. Greene to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1978.
- Was Harold H. Greene appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Harold H. Greene was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Harold H. Greene's confirmation vote?
- Harold H. Greene was confirmed by voice vote on May 17, 1978. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Harold H. Greene on?
- Harold H. Greene was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Donald Stivers (1926 – 2009) (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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21 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).