John R. Padova
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, John R. Padova is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Temple University School of Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law) in 1959. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1935 · age 91
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1992
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Villanova 1956 · Temple Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law) 1959
- Succeeded by
- Mitchell S. Goldberg
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 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
| Villanova University | A.B. | 1956 |
| Temple University School of Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law) | J.D. | 1959 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Padova was assigned 6,098 district-court cases (1978–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 184 days across 5,898 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 133 of Padova’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 117 were affirmed, 11 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, Padova authored 93 published opinions for the court (1992–2011). Most cited: Sun Co. v. Badger Design & Constructors, Inc. (61 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Sun Co. v. Badger Design & Constructors, Inc. | 939 F. Supp. 365 | 61 |
| 2010 | Giordano v. Claudio | 714 F. Supp. 2d 508 | 52 |
| 1999 | In Re Aetna Inc. Securities Litigation | 34 F. Supp. 2d 935 | 44 |
| 1996 | CoreStates Bank, N.A. v. United Chemical Technologies, Inc. | 202 B.R. 33 | 38 |
| 1995 | Regalbuto v. City of Philadelphia | 937 F. Supp. 374 | 32 |
| 1996 | Guardian Life Insurance of America v. American Guardian Life Assurance Co. | 943 F. Supp. 509 | 27 |
| 1996 | Corbett v. Morgenstern | 934 F. Supp. 680 | 27 |
| 2001 | Mitros v. Borough of Glenolden | 170 F. Supp. 2d 504 | 25 |
| 1993 | Richardson v. John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital | 838 F. Supp. 979 | 24 |
| 1993 | Piazza v. Major League Baseball | 831 F. Supp. 420 | 24 |
| 2001 | Katzenmoyer v. City of Reading, PA | 158 F. Supp. 2d 491 | 23 |
| 1995 | In Re SB Properties, Inc. | 185 B.R. 198 | 23 |
| 1997 | Yeager's Fuel, Inc. v. Pennsylvania Power & Light Co. | 953 F. Supp. 617 | 21 |
| 2001 | Caucci v. Prison Health Services, Inc. | 153 F. Supp. 2d 605 | 20 |
| 1995 | Woolfolk v. Duncan | 872 F. Supp. 1381 | 20 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 93 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 R. Padova?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed John R. Padova to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1992.
- Was John R. Padova appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John R. Padova 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 John R. Padova's confirmation vote?
- John R. Padova was confirmed by voice vote on March 13, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is John R. Padova on?
- John R. Padova is 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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34 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).