Central District of California / Appointed 1984 / Served to 2004

Harry Lindley Hupp

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Central District of California

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and confirmed by voice vote, Harry Lindley Hupp was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. He earned a law degree from Stanford Law School in 1955. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived
1929–2004
Appointed by
Ronald Reagan, 1984
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
Stanford 1953 · Stanford Law School 1955
Succeeded by
A. Howard Matz

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1984Central District of California
succeeded A. Andrew Hauk
Reagan (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, Hupp was assigned 3,105 district-court cases (1972–2003). Median time from filing to termination: 214 days across 3,104 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas21%
Other federal statutes16%
Contract14%
Personal-injury torts10%
Intellectual property9%
Civil rights9%
Other21%

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, Hupp authored 13 published opinions for the court (1987–2003). Most cited: Meyers v. Asics Corp. (28 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1989Meyers v. Asics Corp.711 F. Supp. 100128
1989Phillips v. Allstate Insurance702 F. Supp. 146628
1992Chemstar, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance797 F. Supp. 154120
1997Parker v. Marcotte975 F. Supp. 126612
1993Hoag Memorial Hospital v. Managed Care Administrators820 F. Supp. 12329
1993United States v. O'Mara827 F. Supp. 14687
1987BV Engineering v. Univ. of Cal., Los Angeles657 F. Supp. 12467
1991Miller v. Baron (In Re Great American Manufacturing & Sales, Inc.)129 B.R. 6336
2003Prasoprat v. Benov294 F. Supp. 2d 11654
1991Coalition for Clean Air v. Environmental Protection Agency762 F. Supp. 13994
1988Carter v. Gibbs690 F. Supp. 8974
1987Johnson v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.660 F. Supp. 9143
1987United States v. Sherbondy652 F. Supp. 12672

Showing the 13 most-cited of 13 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 Harry Lindley Hupp?
President Ronald Reagan appointed Harry Lindley Hupp to the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California in 1984.
Was Harry Lindley Hupp appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Harry Lindley Hupp was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Harry Lindley Hupp's confirmation vote?
Harry Lindley Hupp was confirmed by voice vote on March 20, 1984. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Harry Lindley Hupp on?
Harry Lindley Hupp was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California.

Sources

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