Third Circuit / Appointed 1946 / Served to 1977

Harry Ellis Kalodner

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Appointed by President Harry S Truman in 1946 and confirmed by voice vote, Harry Ellis Kalodner was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) in 1917. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived
1896–1977
Appointed by
Harry S Truman, 1946
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) 1917
Succeeded by
Arlin Marvin Adams

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1939Eastern District of PennsylvaniaF.D. Roosevelt (D)Voice vote
1946Third CircuitTruman (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

In our data, Kalodner authored 63 published opinions for the court (1938–1974). Most cited: Bruszewski v. Isthmian S. S. Co. (47 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

YearCaseCitationCited
1947Bruszewski v. Isthmian S. S. Co.163 F.2d 72047
1946Hartmann v. Time, Inc.64 F. Supp. 67144
1947Albanese v. Richter161 F.2d 68839
1946Sanders v. Metzger66 F. Supp. 26232
1941Sussan v. Strasser36 F. Supp. 26631
1940Lehigh Coal & Navigation Co. v. Central R. of New Jersey33 F. Supp. 36231
1940Williams v. Collier32 F. Supp. 32131
1944Otis & Co. v. Pennsylvania R. Co.57 F. Supp. 68030
1947In Re Lueders'estate164 F.2d 12828
1942Filipowicz v. Rothensies43 F. Supp. 61922
1945Thomas Roberts & Co. v. Calmar SS Corporation59 F. Supp. 20321
1968Smith v. Reynolds277 F. Supp. 6520
1943United States v. Weisburn48 F. Supp. 39320
1945Otis & Co. v. Pennsylvania R. Co.61 F. Supp. 90519
1947National Labor Relations Board v. Swift & Co.162 F.2d 57518

Showing the 15 most-cited of 63 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 Ellis Kalodner?
President Harry S Truman appointed Harry Ellis Kalodner to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1946.
Was Harry Ellis Kalodner appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Harry Ellis Kalodner was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Harry Ellis Kalodner's confirmation vote?
Harry Ellis Kalodner was confirmed by voice vote on July 25, 1946. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Harry Ellis Kalodner on?
Harry Ellis Kalodner was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

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