Nancy Garlock Edmunds
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Nancy Garlock Edmunds is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. She earned a law degree from Wayne State University Law School in 1976. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1947 · age 79
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1992
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Cornell 1969 · Wayne State Law School 1976
- Succeeded
- Richard Fred Suhrheinrich
- Succeeded by
- Judith Ellen Levy
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Eastern District of Michigan succeeded Richard Fred Suhrheinrich | G.H.W. Bush (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
| Cornell University | B.A. | 1969 |
| University of Chicago | M.A.T. | 1971 |
| Wayne State University Law School | J.D. | 1976 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Edmunds was assigned 6,941 district-court cases (1975–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 198 days across 6,688 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 273 of Edmunds’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 197 were affirmed, 43 reversed or vacated, and 33 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, Edmunds authored 155 published opinions for the court (1992–2011). Most cited: In Re Cardizem CD Antitrust Litigation (66 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | In Re Cardizem CD Antitrust Litigation | 105 F. Supp. 2d 618 | 66 |
| 1993 | Margolis v. United Airlines, Inc. | 811 F. Supp. 318 | 56 |
| 2009 | Fisher v. Michigan Bell Telephone Company | 665 F. Supp. 2d 819 | 37 |
| 2008 | Leonhardt v. ArvinMeritor, Inc. | 581 F. Supp. 2d 818 | 34 |
| 2000 | CSX Transportation, Inc. v. City of Plymouth | 92 F. Supp. 2d 643 | 32 |
| 1996 | General Motors Corp. v. Ignacio Lopez De Arriortua | 948 F. Supp. 656 | 32 |
| 2003 | Wells Fargo & Co. v. WhenU. Com, Inc. | 293 F. Supp. 2d 734 | 30 |
| 1992 | Haverstick Enterprises, Inc. v. Financial Federal Credit, Inc. | 803 F. Supp. 1251 | 28 |
| 1999 | In Re Cardizem CD Antitrust Litigation | 90 F. Supp. 2d 819 | 26 |
| 1999 | MCI Telecommunications Corp. v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co. | 79 F. Supp. 2d 768 | 23 |
| 1995 | Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Dow Chemical Co. | 883 F. Supp. 1101 | 22 |
| 1999 | In Re Credit Acceptance Corp. Securities Litigation | 50 F. Supp. 2d 662 | 21 |
| 2010 | Meemic Insurance v. Hewlett-Packard Co. | 717 F. Supp. 2d 752 | 20 |
| 2001 | Scott v. Michigan | 173 F. Supp. 2d 708 | 18 |
| 2003 | Donahoo v. Master Data Center | 282 F. Supp. 2d 540 | 17 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 155 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 Nancy Garlock Edmunds?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Nancy Garlock Edmunds to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1992.
- Was Nancy Garlock Edmunds appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Nancy Garlock Edmunds was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Nancy Garlock Edmunds's confirmation vote?
- Nancy Garlock Edmunds was confirmed by voice vote on February 6, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Nancy Garlock Edmunds on?
- Nancy Garlock Edmunds is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.
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
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34 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).