Who appointed Phillip Forman?

President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Phillip Forman to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1959.

Was Phillip Forman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Phillip Forman was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Phillip Forman's confirmation vote?

Phillip Forman was confirmed by voice vote on September 9, 1959. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Third Circuit / Appointed 1959 / Served to 1978

Phillip Forman

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1959 and confirmed by voice vote, Phillip Forman was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He earned a law degree from Temple University School of Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law) in 1919. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1895–1978
Appointed by: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1959
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Temple Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law) 1919
Succeeded: Albert Branson Maris
Succeeded by: William Francis Smith

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1932	District of New Jersey succeeded William Nelson Runyon	Hoover (R)	Voice vote
1959	Third Circuit succeeded Albert Branson Maris	Eisenhower (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

Temple University School of Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law)

LL.B.

1919

Judicial Record

In our data, Forman authored 111 published opinions for the court (1930–1971). Most cited: Mills v. Sarjem Corporation (56 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1955	Mills v. Sarjem Corporation	133 F. Supp. 753	56
1949	United States v. General Electric Co.	82 F. Supp. 753	45
1932	Singer v. United States	58 F.2d 74	34
1971	Spencer v. Kugler	326 F. Supp. 1235	33
1956	Frommeyer v. L. & R. CONSTRUCTION CO.	139 F. Supp. 579	32
1951	Slick Airways, Inc. v. American Airlines, Inc.	107 F. Supp. 199	29
1938	Smoley v. New Jersey Zinc Co.	24 F. Supp. 294	28
1950	John Hancock Mut. Life Insurance v. United Office & Professional Workers of America	93 F. Supp. 296	27
1952	Boncek v. Pennsylvania R. Co.	105 F. Supp. 700	24
1956	Martin v. Monmouth Park Jockey Club	145 F. Supp. 439	23
1955	First National Bank of Princeton v. United States	136 F. Supp. 818	23
1939	Satink v. Holland Tp.	28 F. Supp. 67	23
1940	Satink v. Holland Tp.	31 F. Supp. 229	22
1937	Travelers Ins. Co. v. Young	18 F. Supp. 450	22
1958	Rogers v. Schering Corporation	165 F. Supp. 295	21

Showing the 15 most-cited of 111 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 Phillip Forman?: President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Phillip Forman to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1959.
Was Phillip Forman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Phillip Forman was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Phillip Forman's confirmation vote?: Phillip Forman was confirmed by voice vote on September 9, 1959. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Phillip Forman on?: Phillip Forman was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

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18 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).