Philip Pratt
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1970 and confirmed by voice vote, Philip Pratt was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He earned a law degree from University of Michigan Law School in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1924–1989
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1970
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Michigan Law School 1950
- Succeeded by
- Gerald Ellis Rosen
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Eastern District of Michigan | 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
| University of Michigan Law School | LL.B. | 1950 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Pratt was assigned 124 district-court cases (1984–1988). Median time from filing to termination: 251 days across 105 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.
In our data, Pratt authored 103 published opinions for the court (1972–2008). Most cited: United States v. Narciso (167 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | United States v. Narciso | 446 F. Supp. 252 | 167 |
| 1979 | Redmond v. Baxley | 475 F. Supp. 1111 | 55 |
| 1986 | Davey v. Tomlinson | 627 F. Supp. 1458 | 50 |
| 1983 | Ogden v. Michigan Bell Telephone Co. | 571 F. Supp. 520 | 34 |
| 1985 | Matter of US Truck Co., Inc. | 47 B.R. 932 | 32 |
| 1982 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Chrysler Corp. | 546 F. Supp. 54 | 32 |
| 1982 | Coalition of Michigan Nursing Homes, Inc. v. Dempsey | 537 F. Supp. 451 | 31 |
| 1984 | Jahn v. Regan | 584 F. Supp. 399 | 25 |
| 1985 | McLouth Steel Corp. v. Marblehead Lime Co. (In Re McLouth Steel Corp.) | 55 B.R. 357 | 22 |
| 1985 | Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Skorupskas | 605 F. Supp. 923 | 22 |
| 1988 | South MacOmb Disposal Authority v. United States Environmental Protection Agency | 681 F. Supp. 1244 | 20 |
| 1981 | Joseph v. City of Birmingham | 510 F. Supp. 1319 | 20 |
| 1978 | United States v. Coleman | 450 F. Supp. 433 | 20 |
| 1984 | 3 P.M., Inc. v. Basic Four Corp. | 591 F. Supp. 1350 | 19 |
| 1984 | Eaton Corp. v. Magnavox Co. | 581 F. Supp. 1514 | 19 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 103 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 Philip Pratt?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Philip Pratt to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1970.
- Was Philip Pratt appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Philip Pratt was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Philip Pratt's confirmation vote?
- Philip Pratt was confirmed by voice vote on November 25, 1970. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Philip Pratt on?
- Philip Pratt was 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
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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18 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).