James Tyrone Giles
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, James Tyrone Giles was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1967. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1943 · age 83
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Amherst College 1964 · Yale Law School 1967
- Succeeded
- Herbert Allan Fogel
- Succeeded by
- Joel Harvey Slomsky
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded Herbert Allan Fogel | Carter (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
| Amherst College | B.A. | 1964 |
| Yale Law School | LL.B. | 1967 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Giles was assigned 4,345 district-court cases (1980–2008). Median time from filing to termination: 252 days across 4,345 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 67 of Giles’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 57 were affirmed, 5 reversed or vacated, and 5 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, Giles authored 209 published opinions for the court (1980–2008). Most cited: In Re Catanella and EF Hutton and Co. (119 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | In Re Catanella and EF Hutton and Co. | 583 F. Supp. 1388 | 119 |
| 2007 | Feldman v. Google, Inc. | 513 F. Supp. 2d 229 | 97 |
| 1983 | Kimmel v. Peterson | 565 F. Supp. 476 | 74 |
| 1983 | Wells v. Thomas | 569 F. Supp. 426 | 62 |
| 1986 | Fischer & Porter Co. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance | 656 F. Supp. 132 | 59 |
| 2001 | Jaramillo v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc. | 155 F. Supp. 2d 356 | 52 |
| 1983 | United States v. ONE 1981 DATSUN 280ZX | 563 F. Supp. 470 | 50 |
| 1988 | Leonard v. Shearson Lehman/American Express Inc. | 687 F. Supp. 177 | 43 |
| 1983 | Shaffer v. National Can Corp. | 565 F. Supp. 909 | 43 |
| 1982 | Crown Cork & Seal Co. v. Teamsters Pension Fund of Philadelphia & Vicinity | 549 F. Supp. 307 | 39 |
| 1999 | Superior Precast, Inc. v. Safeco Ins. Co. of America | 71 F. Supp. 2d 438 | 38 |
| 1982 | Rockwell International Corp. v. Costruzioni Aeronautiche Giovanni Agusta | 553 F. Supp. 328 | 38 |
| 1992 | Hurt v. Philadelphia Housing Authority | 806 F. Supp. 515 | 37 |
| 1993 | Weinstein v. Bullick | 827 F. Supp. 1193 | 32 |
| 1984 | St. Paul Surplus Lines Insurance v. 1401 Dixon's, Inc. | 582 F. Supp. 865 | 30 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 209 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 James Tyrone Giles?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed James Tyrone Giles to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1979.
- Was James Tyrone Giles appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- James Tyrone Giles was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was James Tyrone Giles's confirmation vote?
- James Tyrone Giles was confirmed by voice vote on November 26, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was James Tyrone Giles on?
- James Tyrone Giles was 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
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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28 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).