Who appointed Mary A. McLaughlin?

President William J. Clinton appointed Mary A. McLaughlin to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2000.

Was Mary A. McLaughlin appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Mary A. McLaughlin was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Mary A. McLaughlin's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Mary A. McLaughlin 86–14 on May 24, 2000.

Eastern District of Pennsylvania / Appointed 2000 / Served to 2020

Mary A. McLaughlin

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 2000 and confirmed by the Senate 86–14, Mary A. McLaughlin was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. She earned a law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) in 1976. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1946 · age 80
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 2000
Confirmed: 86–14
Education: Gwynedd-Mercy College 1968 · University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) 1976
Succeeded: Marvin Katz
Succeeded by: John Milton Younge

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2000	Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded Marvin Katz	Clinton (D)	86–14

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 86–14 on May 24, 2000 · 106th Congress, Roll Call 112. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 86

45 D, 41 R

Voted against · 14

14 R

Education

Gwynedd-Mercy College	B.A.	1968
Bryn Mawr College	M.A.	1969
University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School)	J.D.	1976

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, McLaughlin was assigned 2,722 district-court cases (1988–2015). Median time from filing to termination: 208 days across 2,720 closed cases.

Civil rights21%

Personal-injury torts15%

Contract15%

Prisoner & habeas13%

Other federal statutes11%

Labor & ERISA7%

Other18%

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 162 of McLaughlin’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 139 were affirmed, 17 reversed or vacated, and 6 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, McLaughlin authored 59 published opinions for the court (2000–2011). Most cited: Boone v. City of Philadelphia (31 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
2009	Boone v. City of Philadelphia	668 F. Supp. 2d 693	31
2009	Datto v. Harrison	664 F. Supp. 2d 472	28
2002	Flores v. Shapiro & Kreisman	246 F. Supp. 2d 427	26
2010	In Re Wellbutrin XL Antitrust Litigation	756 F. Supp. 2d 670	21
2009	In Re Radian Securities Litigation	612 F. Supp. 2d 594	20
2010	Bamgbose v. Delta-T Group, Inc.	684 F. Supp. 2d 660	17
2011	KDH Electronic Systems, Inc. v. Curtis Technology Ltd.	826 F. Supp. 2d 782	16
2005	Brown v. Astro Holdings, Inc.	385 F. Supp. 2d 519	16
2011	Wulf v. Bank of America, N.A.	798 F. Supp. 2d 586	15
2009	Bush v. Adams	629 F. Supp. 2d 468	15
2000	Neill v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co.	159 F. Supp. 2d 770	15
2007	Chicago Title Insurance v. Lexington & Concord Search & Abstract, LLC	513 F. Supp. 2d 304	14
2007	Freedom Medical Inc. v. Gillespie	634 F. Supp. 2d 490	13
2009	In Re Nutrisystem, Inc. Derivative Litigation	666 F. Supp. 2d 501	12
2008	Fishkin v. Susquehanna Partners, G.P.	563 F. Supp. 2d 547	12

Showing the 15 most-cited of 59 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 Mary A. McLaughlin?: President William J. Clinton appointed Mary A. McLaughlin to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 2000.
Was Mary A. McLaughlin appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Mary A. McLaughlin was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Mary A. McLaughlin's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Mary A. McLaughlin 86–14 on May 24, 2000.
Which court was Mary A. McLaughlin on?: Mary A. McLaughlin was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Sources

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20 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).