Who appointed Joseph A. Greenaway Jr.?

President Barack Obama appointed Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 2010.

Was Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Joseph A. Greenaway Jr.'s confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. 84–0 on February 9, 2010.

Third Circuit / Appointed 2010 / Served to 2023

Joseph A. Greenaway Jr.

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

Appointed by President Barack Obama in 2010 and confirmed by the Senate 84–0, Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1981. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1957 · age 69
Appointed by: Barack Obama, 2010
Confirmed: 84–0
Education: Columbia College 1978 · Harvard Law School 1981
Succeeded: Samuel A. Alito Jr.
Succeeded by: Emil Joseph Bove III

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1996	District of New Jersey succeeded John Francis Gerry	Clinton (D)	Voice vote
2010	Third Circuit succeeded Samuel A. Alito Jr.	Obama (D)	84–0

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

Nomination Confirmed 84–0 on February 9, 2010 · 111th Congress, Roll Call 21. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 84

52 D, 31 R, 1 I

Did not vote · 16

5 D, 10 R, 1 I

Education

Columbia College	B.A.	1978
Harvard Law School	J.D.	1981

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Greenaway was assigned 4,004 district-court cases (1987–2009). Median time from filing to termination: 214 days across 4,002 closed cases.

Contract23%

Civil rights14%

Labor & ERISA13%

Personal-injury torts12%

Prisoner & habeas10%

Other federal statutes7%

Other21%

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 70 of Greenaway’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 65 were affirmed, 2 reversed or vacated, and 3 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, Greenaway authored 72 published opinions for the court (1997–2010). Most cited: Iwanowa v. Ford Motor Co. (155 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
1999	Iwanowa v. Ford Motor Co.	67 F. Supp. 2d 424	155
1998	Eli Lilly and Co. v. Roussel Corp.	23 F. Supp. 2d 460	95
1998	Alexander v. Cigna Corp.	991 F. Supp. 427	66
2000	Naporano Iron & Metal Co. v. American Crane Corp.	79 F. Supp. 2d 494	60
2000	Hassoun v. Cimmino	126 F. Supp. 2d 353	42
2010	Interfaith Community Organization Inc. v. PPG Industries, Inc.	702 F. Supp. 2d 295	39
2000	A.K. Stamping Co. v. Instrument Specialties Co.	106 F. Supp. 2d 627	36
1998	Apple Corps Ltd. v. International Collectors Society	25 F. Supp. 2d 480	36
2005	Zavala v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.	393 F. Supp. 2d 295	34
1999	Ballas v. Tedesco	41 F. Supp. 2d 531	33
2001	Dunkin' Donuts Inc. v. Patel	174 F. Supp. 2d 202	28
2005	Travelodge Hotels, Inc. v. Honeysuckle Enterprises, Inc.	357 F. Supp. 2d 788	27
1999	Ronson v. Talesnick	33 F. Supp. 2d 347	27
2003	Carpet Group International v. Oriental Rug Importers Ass'n	256 F. Supp. 2d 249	25
2003	Global Naps, Inc. v. Bell Atlantic-New Jersey, Inc.	287 F. Supp. 2d 532	24

Showing the 15 most-cited of 72 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 Joseph A. Greenaway Jr.?: President Barack Obama appointed Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 2010.
Was Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. was appointed by President Barack Obama, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Joseph A. Greenaway Jr.'s confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. 84–0 on February 9, 2010.
Which court was Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. on?: Joseph A. Greenaway Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Sources

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13 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).