Who appointed Jane Richards Roth?

President George H.W. Bush appointed Jane Richards Roth to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1991.

Was Jane Richards Roth appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Jane Richards Roth 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 Jane Richards Roth's confirmation vote?

Jane Richards Roth was confirmed by voice vote on June 27, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Third Circuit / Appointed 1991 / Senior status since 2006

Jane Richards Roth

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 and confirmed by voice vote, Jane Richards Roth is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1965. She previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1935 · age 91
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1991
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Smith College 1956 · Harvard Law School 1965
Succeeded: Collins Jacques Seitz
Succeeded by: Kent A. Jordan

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1985	District of Delaware succeeded Walter King Stapleton	Reagan (R)	Voice vote
1991	Third Circuit succeeded Collins Jacques Seitz	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

Smith College	B.A.	1956
Harvard Law School	LL.B.	1965

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Roth was assigned 84 district-court cases (1984–1991). Median time from filing to termination: 512 days across 84 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas46%

Intellectual property15%

Contract10%

Other federal statutes8%

Personal-injury torts7%

Antitrust, securities & banking5%

Other8%

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.

In our data, Roth authored 69 published opinions for the court (1986–1998). Most cited: Applied Biosystems, Inc. v. Cruachem, Ltd. (88 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1991	Applied Biosystems, Inc. v. Cruachem, Ltd.	772 F. Supp. 1458	88
1989	Willemijn Houdstermaatschaapij BV v. Apollo Computer Inc.	707 F. Supp. 1429	71
1988	United States v. Golden Acres, Inc.	702 F. Supp. 1097	65
1989	Hatzel & Buehler, Inc. v. Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp.	106 B.R. 367	49
1991	Brug v. the Enstar Group, Inc.	755 F. Supp. 1247	31
1988	United States v. Golden Acres, Inc.	684 F. Supp. 96	29
1988	Safe Flight Instrument Corp. v. Sundstrand Data Control Inc.	682 F. Supp. 20	28
1989	Calgon Corp. v. Nalco Chemical Co.	726 F. Supp. 983	23
1989	E.I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co. v. Polaroid Graphics Imaging, Inc.	706 F. Supp. 1135	23
1990	Ospina v. Department of Corrections, State of Del.	749 F. Supp. 572	22
1990	Sterner v. Wesley College, Inc.	747 F. Supp. 263	22
1986	In Re Savidge	57 B.R. 389	22
1992	Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Texaco Refining & Marketing, Inc.	800 F. Supp. 1	21
1986	Rollins Cablevue, Inc. v. Saienni Enterprises	633 F. Supp. 1315	20
1987	Friction Division Products, Inc. v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.	658 F. Supp. 998	19

Showing the 15 most-cited of 69 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 Jane Richards Roth?: President George H.W. Bush appointed Jane Richards Roth to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1991.
Was Jane Richards Roth appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Jane Richards Roth 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 Jane Richards Roth's confirmation vote?: Jane Richards Roth was confirmed by voice vote on June 27, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Jane Richards Roth on?: Jane Richards Roth is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Sources

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35 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).