Marvin Katz
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 and confirmed by voice vote, Marvin Katz 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 1954. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1930–2010
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1983
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania 1951 · Yale Law School 1954
- Succeeded
- Joseph Simon Lord III
- Succeeded by
- Mary A. McLaughlin
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded Joseph Simon Lord III | Reagan (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
| University of Pennsylvania | B.A. | 1951 |
| Yale Law School | LL.B. | 1954 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Katz was assigned 3,931 district-court cases (1979–2008). Median time from filing to termination: 133 days across 3,929 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 17 of Katz’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 15 were affirmed, 1 reversed or vacated, and 1 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, Katz authored 364 published opinions for the court (1984–2007). Most cited: Kosierowski v. Allstate Insurance (94 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Kosierowski v. Allstate Insurance | 51 F. Supp. 2d 583 | 94 |
| 1997 | Wilson v. Horn | 971 F. Supp. 943 | 81 |
| 1991 | Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance | 766 F. Supp. 324 | 58 |
| 2006 | Payton v. Barnhart | 416 F. Supp. 2d 385 | 50 |
| 2000 | Williams v. Hartford Casualty Insurance | 83 F. Supp. 2d 567 | 43 |
| 1999 | Molnlycke Health Care AB v. Dumex Medical Surgical Products Ltd. | 64 F. Supp. 2d 448 | 42 |
| 1986 | Stainton v. Tarantino | 637 F. Supp. 1051 | 38 |
| 1993 | Murray v. Woodburn | 809 F. Supp. 383 | 33 |
| 1997 | City of Rome v. Glanton | 958 F. Supp. 1026 | 26 |
| 1988 | Dominion Bankshares Corp. v. Devon Holding Co., Inc. | 690 F. Supp. 338 | 25 |
| 1986 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Westinghouse Electric Corp. | 632 F. Supp. 343 | 24 |
| 1992 | Flagg v. Control Data | 806 F. Supp. 1218 | 23 |
| 1992 | Payton v. Vaughn | 798 F. Supp. 258 | 23 |
| 1998 | Bey v. City of Philadelphia | 6 F. Supp. 2d 422 | 22 |
| 1994 | Allah v. Menei | 844 F. Supp. 1056 | 22 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 364 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 Marvin Katz?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Marvin Katz to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1983.
- Was Marvin Katz appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Marvin Katz was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Marvin Katz's confirmation vote?
- Marvin Katz was confirmed by voice vote on August 4, 1983. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Marvin Katz on?
- Marvin Katz 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
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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27 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).