Who appointed Herbert Allan Fogel?

President Richard M. Nixon appointed Herbert Allan Fogel to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1973.

Was Herbert Allan Fogel appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Herbert Allan Fogel was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Herbert Allan Fogel's confirmation vote?

Herbert Allan Fogel was confirmed by voice vote on May 14, 1973. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Pennsylvania / Appointed 1973 / Served to 1978

Herbert Allan Fogel

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1973 and confirmed by voice vote, Herbert Allan Fogel was 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 1952. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1929–2002
Appointed by: Richard M. Nixon, 1973
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Pennsylvania 1949 · University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) 1952
Succeeded: Ralph C. Body
Succeeded by: James Tyrone Giles

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1973	Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded Ralph C. Body	Nixon (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

University of Pennsylvania	B.A.	1949
University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School)	J.D.	1952

Judicial Record

In our data, Fogel authored 74 published opinions for the court (1973–1978). Most cited: Jones v. United Gas Improvement Corporation (50 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1975	Jones v. United Gas Improvement Corporation	383 F. Supp. 420	50
1973	Pirocchi v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Co.	365 F. Supp. 277	43
1975	United States v. Clark	398 F. Supp. 341	37
1974	Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Borough Council of Public Works	381 F. Supp. 228	34
1976	Simonson v. General Motors Corp.	425 F. Supp. 574	30
1977	MacK v. Johnson	430 F. Supp. 1139	29
1974	Nigro v. Blumberg	373 F. Supp. 1206	29
1974	Reed v. Philadelphia Housing Authority	372 F. Supp. 686	21
1977	Warshaw v. Trans World Airlines, Inc.	442 F. Supp. 400	20
1973	Goodman v. Fleischmann	364 F. Supp. 1172	20
1978	United States Gypsum Co. v. Schiavo Bros., Inc.	450 F. Supp. 1291	19
1976	Application of US Authorizing Interception, Etc.	413 F. Supp. 1321	18
1976	Sutherland v. SKF Industries, Inc.	419 F. Supp. 610	16
1978	Fiorentino v. Travelers Insurance	448 F. Supp. 1364	15
1975	United States v. Dabney	393 F. Supp. 529	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 74 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 Herbert Allan Fogel?: President Richard M. Nixon appointed Herbert Allan Fogel to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1973.
Was Herbert Allan Fogel appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Herbert Allan Fogel was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Herbert Allan Fogel's confirmation vote?: Herbert Allan Fogel was confirmed by voice vote on May 14, 1973. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Herbert Allan Fogel on?: Herbert Allan Fogel was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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4 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).