Jaime Pieras Jr.
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982 and confirmed by voice vote, Jaime Pieras Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He earned a law degree from Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center) in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1924–2011
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1982
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Catholic of America 1945 · Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown Law Center) 1948
- Succeeded by
- Salvador E. Casellas
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | District of Puerto Rico | 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
| Catholic University of America | B.A. | 1945 |
| Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center) | J.D. | 1948 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Pieras was assigned 2,452 district-court cases (1984–2010). Median time from filing to termination: 259 days across 2,452 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 41 of Pieras’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 36 were affirmed, 2 reversed or vacated, and 3 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, Pieras authored 464 published opinions for the court (1983–2010). Most cited: Hopgood v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith (49 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Hopgood v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith | 839 F. Supp. 98 | 49 |
| 1999 | Sifre v. Department of Health | 38 F. Supp. 2d 91 | 42 |
| 1998 | Passos-Paternina v. United States | 12 F. Supp. 2d 231 | 37 |
| 1997 | Rodriguez v. Loctite Puerto Rico, Inc. | 967 F. Supp. 653 | 31 |
| 1996 | In Re Martinez | 196 B.R. 225 | 30 |
| 1999 | Canabal v. Aramark Corp. | 48 F. Supp. 2d 94 | 29 |
| 1996 | Wadsworth, Inc. v. Schwarz-Nin | 951 F. Supp. 314 | 29 |
| 1999 | Maldonado-Cordero v. AT & T | 73 F. Supp. 2d 177 | 27 |
| 1993 | F.C. Imports, Inc. v. First National Bank of Boston, N.A. | 816 F. Supp. 78 | 27 |
| 2003 | Padilla Cintron v. Rossello Gonzalez | 247 F. Supp. 2d 48 | 25 |
| 2000 | Torres Otero v. Hospital General Menonita | 115 F. Supp. 2d 253 | 24 |
| 1999 | Berrios v. Bristol Myers Squibb | 51 F. Supp. 2d 61 | 24 |
| 1992 | Ballester Hermanos, Inc. v. Campbell Soup Co. | 797 F. Supp. 103 | 22 |
| 2005 | Hoyos v. Telecorp Communications, Inc. | 405 F. Supp. 2d 199 | 18 |
| 1998 | Santiago v. Lloyd | 33 F. Supp. 2d 99 | 18 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 464 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 Jaime Pieras Jr.?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Jaime Pieras Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in 1982.
- Was Jaime Pieras Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Jaime Pieras Jr. was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Jaime Pieras Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Jaime Pieras Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on July 13, 1982. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Jaime Pieras Jr. on?
- Jaime Pieras Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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28 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).