Louis Heilprin Pollak
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978 and confirmed by voice vote, Louis Heilprin Pollak was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1922–2012
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1978
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Harvard 1943 · Yale Law School 1948
- Succeeded
- Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Eduardo C. Robreno
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded Aloyisus Leon Higginbotham Jr. | Carter (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
| Harvard University | B.A. | 1943 |
| Yale Law School | LL.B. | 1948 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Pollak was assigned 2,802 district-court cases (1980–2012). Median time from filing to termination: 336 days across 2,801 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 37 of Pollak’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 33 were affirmed, 1 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, Pollak authored 400 published opinions for the court (1978–2011). Most cited: Advanced Power Systems, Inc. v. Hi-Tech Systems, Inc. (56 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Advanced Power Systems, Inc. v. Hi-Tech Systems, Inc. | 801 F. Supp. 1450 | 56 |
| 1982 | Strick Corp. v. A. J. F. Warehouse Distributors, Inc. | 532 F. Supp. 951 | 55 |
| 1985 | Alfaro v. EF Hutton & Co., Inc. | 606 F. Supp. 1100 | 54 |
| 1983 | Max Daetwyler Corp. v. Meyer | 575 F. Supp. 280 | 50 |
| 1987 | Browne v. Maxfield | 663 F. Supp. 1193 | 45 |
| 1984 | INA Underwriters Insurance v. Nalibotsky | 594 F. Supp. 1199 | 44 |
| 1990 | Kinnally v. Bell of Pennsylvania | 748 F. Supp. 1136 | 42 |
| 1983 | Nelson v. Thornburgh | 567 F. Supp. 369 | 42 |
| 1991 | Hough/Loew Associates, Inc. v. CLX Realty Co. | 760 F. Supp. 1141 | 40 |
| 1979 | Taliferro v. Costello | 467 F. Supp. 33 | 39 |
| 1993 | Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority v. Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission | 826 F. Supp. 1506 | 38 |
| 2002 | United States v. Llera Plaza | 188 F. Supp. 2d 549 | 37 |
| 1979 | Crawford v. Dominic | 469 F. Supp. 260 | 37 |
| 1982 | Pao v. Holy Redeemer Hospital | 547 F. Supp. 484 | 35 |
| 1985 | Bensalem Township v. Western World Insurance | 609 F. Supp. 1343 | 34 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 400 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 Louis Heilprin Pollak?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Louis Heilprin Pollak to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1978.
- Was Louis Heilprin Pollak appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Louis Heilprin Pollak was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Louis Heilprin Pollak's confirmation vote?
- Louis Heilprin Pollak was confirmed by voice vote on July 10, 1978. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Louis Heilprin Pollak on?
- Louis Heilprin Pollak 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: Federal Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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33 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).