Harvey Bartle III
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 and confirmed by voice vote, Harvey Bartle III is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) in 1965. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1941 · age 85
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1991
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Princeton 1962 · University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) 1965
- Succeeded
- Joseph Leo McGlynn Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Gerald Austin McHugh Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded Joseph Leo McGlynn Jr. | G.H.W. Bush (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, Bartle was assigned 15,677 district-court cases (1986–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 487 days across 14,715 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.
On appeal
Of 235 of Bartle’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 205 were affirmed, 17 reversed or vacated, and 13 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Bartle authored 203 published opinions for the court (1991–2011). Most cited: Coram Healthcare Corp. v. Aetna U.S. Healthcare Inc. (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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Coram Healthcare Corp. v. Aetna U.S. Healthcare Inc. | 94 F. Supp. 2d 589 | 35 |
| 1993 | Kinney v. Yerusalim | 812 F. Supp. 547 | 31 |
| 1992 | Tri-County Business Campus Joint Venture v. Clow Corp. | 792 F. Supp. 984 | 31 |
| 2000 | United States v. Gibbs | 125 F. Supp. 2d 700 | 30 |
| 1994 | Broderick v. Dellasandro | 859 F. Supp. 176 | 30 |
| 1994 | Brodo v. Bankers Trust Co. | 847 F. Supp. 353 | 30 |
| 1995 | Landman v. Borough of Bristol | 896 F. Supp. 406 | 29 |
| 1994 | St. Leger v. American Fire & Casualty Insurance | 870 F. Supp. 641 | 26 |
| 2007 | PBI Performance Products, Inc. v. NorFab Corp. | 514 F. Supp. 2d 732 | 25 |
| 2008 | Blunt v. Lower Merion School District | 559 F. Supp. 2d 548 | 24 |
| 1993 | Williams v. National School of Health Technology, Inc. | 836 F. Supp. 273 | 24 |
| 2003 | In Re Diet Drugs Products Liability Litigation | 294 F. Supp. 2d 667 | 23 |
| 1993 | Schreiber v. Kellogg | 839 F. Supp. 1157 | 23 |
| 1997 | Collier Ex Rel. Collier v. William Penn School District | 956 F. Supp. 1209 | 21 |
| 1993 | J.H. Streiker & Co. v. SeSide Co. | 152 B.R. 878 | 21 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 203 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 Harvey Bartle III?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Harvey Bartle III to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1991.
- Was Harvey Bartle III appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Harvey Bartle III was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Harvey Bartle III's confirmation vote?
- Harvey Bartle III was confirmed by voice vote on September 12, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Harvey Bartle III on?
- Harvey Bartle III is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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34 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).