Malcolm Muir
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1970 and confirmed by voice vote, Malcolm Muir was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1938. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1914–2011
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1970
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Lehigh 1935 · Harvard Law School 1938
- Succeeded by
- Edwin Michael Kosik
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Middle District of Pennsylvania | 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
| Lehigh University | B.A. | 1935 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1938 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Muir was assigned 3,731 district-court cases (1980–2011). Median time from filing to termination: 162 days across 3,731 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 Muir’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 74 were affirmed, 6 reversed or vacated, and 4 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, Muir authored 226 published opinions for the court (1971–2011). Most cited: United States v. Leta (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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | United States v. Leta | 332 F. Supp. 1357 | 56 |
| 1973 | Skehan v. Board of Trustees of Bloomsburg State College | 353 F. Supp. 542 | 42 |
| 1977 | Skehan v. Board of Trustees of Bloomsburg State College | 436 F. Supp. 657 | 36 |
| 1976 | Kisko v. Penn Central Transportation Co. | 408 F. Supp. 984 | 33 |
| 1974 | McAndrew v. Burnett | 374 F. Supp. 460 | 33 |
| 1981 | Leedy v. Hartnett | 510 F. Supp. 1125 | 32 |
| 1981 | Funston v. United States | 513 F. Supp. 1000 | 24 |
| 1978 | Envirex, Inc. v. Ecological Recovery Associates, Inc. | 454 F. Supp. 1329 | 23 |
| 1998 | United States v. Hammer | 25 F. Supp. 2d 518 | 21 |
| 1980 | Hahn v. United States | 493 F. Supp. 57 | 20 |
| 1978 | Ross v. Pennsylvania State University | 445 F. Supp. 147 | 18 |
| 1977 | Skehan v. Board of Trustees of Bloomsburg State College | 431 F. Supp. 1379 | 18 |
| 1973 | Walters v. Hiab Hydraulics, Inc. | 356 F. Supp. 1000 | 18 |
| 1972 | Hoffman v. A. B. Chance Co. | 339 F. Supp. 1385 | 18 |
| 1989 | United States v. Medeiros | 710 F. Supp. 106 | 17 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 226 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 Malcolm Muir?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Malcolm Muir to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in 1970.
- Was Malcolm Muir appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Malcolm Muir was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Malcolm Muir's confirmation vote?
- Malcolm Muir was confirmed by voice vote on October 8, 1970. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Malcolm Muir on?
- Malcolm Muir was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle 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
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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40 years on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).