John Patrick Fullam
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 and confirmed by voice vote, John Patrick Fullam was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1921–2018
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Villanova College 1942 · Harvard Law School 1948
- Succeeded
- Abraham L Freedman
- Succeeded by
- William Hendricks Yohn Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded Abraham L Freedman | L.B. Johnson (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
| Villanova College | B.S. | 1942 |
| Harvard Law School | J.D. | 1948 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Fullam was assigned 5,044 district-court cases (1973–2011). Median time from filing to termination: 221 days across 5,042 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 84 of Fullam’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 74 were affirmed, 9 reversed or vacated, and 1 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, Fullam authored 165 published opinions for the court (1966–2009). Most cited: New World Marketing Corp. v. Garcia (In Re Garcia) (171 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | New World Marketing Corp. v. Garcia (In Re Garcia) | 76 B.R. 68 | 171 |
| 1969 | Dyson v. General Motors Corporation | 298 F. Supp. 1064 | 96 |
| 1970 | Santiago v. McElroy | 319 F. Supp. 284 | 60 |
| 1968 | Hughes v. Rizzo | 282 F. Supp. 881 | 60 |
| 1978 | In Re Penn Central Transportation Co. | 458 F. Supp. 1234 | 56 |
| 1976 | John Wright, Inc. v. Casper Corp. | 419 F. Supp. 292 | 53 |
| 1977 | Com. of Pennsylvania v. O'NEILL | 431 F. Supp. 700 | 46 |
| 1980 | United States v. Jannotti | 501 F. Supp. 1182 | 45 |
| 1972 | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. O'NEILL | 348 F. Supp. 1084 | 45 |
| 1986 | Gilbert v. Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc. | 643 F. Supp. 107 | 39 |
| 1989 | Dubin v. Jakobowski (In Re Grosse) | 96 B.R. 29 | 38 |
| 1987 | Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency v. Gathright (In Re Gathright) | 71 B.R. 343 | 37 |
| 1983 | Abington Memorial Hospital v. Heckler | 576 F. Supp. 1081 | 34 |
| 1985 | George Woloch Co. v. Longview Capital Plastic Pipe, Inc. (In Re George Woloch Co.) | 49 B.R. 68 | 32 |
| 1976 | Beamon v. W. B. Saunders Co. | 413 F. Supp. 1167 | 32 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 165 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 John Patrick Fullam?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed John Patrick Fullam to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1966.
- Was John Patrick Fullam appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John Patrick Fullam was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John Patrick Fullam's confirmation vote?
- John Patrick Fullam was confirmed by voice vote on August 10, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was John Patrick Fullam on?
- John Patrick Fullam 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
- Portrait: John Fullam Family (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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51 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).