John Berne Hannum
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1969 and confirmed by voice vote, John Berne Hannum was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) in 1941. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1915–2007
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1969
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Dickinson Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) 1941
- Succeeded
- Francis Lund Van Dusen
- Succeeded by
- Anthony Joseph Scirica
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded Francis Lund Van Dusen | Nixon (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
Judicial Record
In our data, Hannum authored 105 published opinions for the court (1969–1989). Most cited: Greenblatt v. Budd Co. (44 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Greenblatt v. Budd Co. | 666 F. Supp. 735 | 44 |
| 1980 | Moorhouse v. Boeing Co. | 501 F. Supp. 390 | 40 |
| 1977 | Sessa v. Riegle | 427 F. Supp. 760 | 40 |
| 1978 | Gildiner v. Thomas Jefferson University Hospital | 451 F. Supp. 692 | 38 |
| 1977 | Lewis v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. | 431 F. Supp. 271 | 36 |
| 1983 | Yancoski v. EF Hutton & Co., Inc. | 581 F. Supp. 88 | 34 |
| 1987 | United States v. Evans (In Re Evans) | 77 B.R. 457 | 31 |
| 1974 | United States v. Wolfe | 375 F. Supp. 949 | 28 |
| 1977 | Keystone Floor Products Co. v. Beattie Manufacturing Co. | 432 F. Supp. 869 | 25 |
| 1972 | In Re Dolly Madison Industries, Inc. | 351 F. Supp. 1038 | 24 |
| 1976 | Selected Risks Insurance v. Kobelinski | 421 F. Supp. 431 | 23 |
| 1976 | Hardy v. HK Porter Co., Inc. | 417 F. Supp. 1175 | 23 |
| 1978 | Fillippo v. S. Bonaccurso & Sons, Inc. | 466 F. Supp. 1008 | 21 |
| 1974 | Doral Hosiery Corporation v. Sav-A-Stop, Inc. | 377 F. Supp. 387 | 20 |
| 1972 | Formigli Corporation v. Fox | 348 F. Supp. 629 | 19 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 105 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 Berne Hannum?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed John Berne Hannum to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1969.
- Was John Berne Hannum appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John Berne Hannum was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John Berne Hannum's confirmation vote?
- John Berne Hannum was confirmed by voice vote on May 5, 1969. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was John Berne Hannum on?
- John Berne Hannum 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).