Jan Ely DuBois
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1988 and confirmed by voice vote, Jan Ely DuBois 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 1957. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1931–2026
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1988
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania 1952 · Yale Law School 1957
- Succeeded
- Clifford Scott Green
- Succeeded by
- James Knoll Gardner
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded Clifford Scott Green | 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
| University of Pennsylvania | B.S. | 1952 |
| Yale Law School | LL.B. | 1957 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, DuBois was assigned 6,337 district-court cases (1972–2021). Median time from filing to termination: 218 days across 6,335 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 142 of DuBois’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 119 were affirmed, 15 reversed or vacated, and 8 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, DuBois authored 192 published opinions for the court (1988–2011). Most cited: United States v. Jasin (403 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | United States v. Jasin | 25 F. Supp. 2d 551 | 403 |
| 2000 | Smith v. School District of Philadelphia | 112 F. Supp. 2d 417 | 62 |
| 2006 | Baker v. FAMILY CREDIT COUNSELING COPR. | 440 F. Supp. 2d 392 | 60 |
| 2004 | Robinson v. Hartzell Propeller Inc. | 326 F. Supp. 2d 631 | 47 |
| 1995 | Austin v. Pennsylvania Department of Corrections | 876 F. Supp. 1437 | 47 |
| 1997 | Gindraw v. Dendler | 967 F. Supp. 833 | 43 |
| 2003 | United States v. Jasin | 292 F. Supp. 2d 670 | 42 |
| 1990 | Clemente v. Espinosa | 749 F. Supp. 672 | 41 |
| 2011 | Lowenstein v. CATHOLIC HEALTH EAST | 820 F. Supp. 2d 639 | 40 |
| 2008 | Urella v. Pennsylvania State Troopers Ass'n | 628 F. Supp. 2d 600 | 33 |
| 2006 | Ostroff v. Alterra Healthcare Corp. | 433 F. Supp. 2d 538 | 28 |
| 2004 | Lawman Armor Corp. v. Simon | 319 F. Supp. 2d 499 | 26 |
| 2003 | In Re Linerboard Antitrust Litigation | 296 F. Supp. 2d 568 | 25 |
| 2001 | Laird v. Horn | 159 F. Supp. 2d 58 | 25 |
| 1988 | Citicorp Homeowners Services, Inc. v. Elliot (In Re Elliot) | 94 B.R. 343 | 24 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 192 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 Jan Ely DuBois?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Jan Ely DuBois to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1988.
- Was Jan Ely DuBois appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Jan Ely DuBois was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Jan Ely DuBois's confirmation vote?
- Jan Ely DuBois was confirmed by voice vote on July 26, 1988. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Jan Ely DuBois on?
- Jan Ely DuBois 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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37 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).