Who appointed Raymond L. Acosta?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Raymond L. Acosta to the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in 1982.

Was Raymond L. Acosta appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Raymond L. Acosta was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Raymond L. Acosta's confirmation vote?

Raymond L. Acosta was confirmed by voice vote on September 29, 1982. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Puerto Rico / Appointed 1982 / Served to 2014

Raymond L. Acosta

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982 and confirmed by voice vote, Raymond L. Acosta was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He earned a law degree from Rutgers School of Law -- Newark in 1951. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1925–2014
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1982
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Rutgers Law -- Newark 1951
Succeeded: José Victor Toledo
Succeeded by: Jay A. Garcia-Gregory

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1982	District of Puerto Rico succeeded José Victor Toledo	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

Rutgers School of Law -- Newark

J.D.

1951

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Acosta was assigned 2,211 district-court cases (1981–2009). Median time from filing to termination: 349 days across 2,211 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts31%

Contract19%

Real property16%

Civil rights11%

Prisoner & habeas6%

Other federal statutes3%

Other14%

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, Acosta authored 199 published opinions for the court (1982–2010). Most cited: Nike International Ltd. v. Athletic Sales, Inc. (29 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1988	Nike International Ltd. v. Athletic Sales, Inc.	689 F. Supp. 1235	29
1985	Vargas v. Royal Bank of Canada	604 F. Supp. 1036	28
2002	Molina Quintero v. Caribe G.E. Power Breakers, Inc.	234 F. Supp. 2d 108	25
1989	Corporacion Insular De Seguros v. Garcia	709 F. Supp. 288	22
1987	Federal Savings & Loan Insurance v. Shearson-American Express, Inc.	658 F. Supp. 1331	21
2003	Arce v. Aramark Corp.	239 F. Supp. 2d 153	20
1998	Figueroa v. Fajardo	1 F. Supp. 2d 117	20
1990	In Re San Juan Dupont Plaza Hotel Fire Litigation	745 F. Supp. 79	20
1996	Ocaso, S.A. Compañia De Seguros Y Reaseguros v. Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority	915 F. Supp. 1244	19
2005	Rivera Rodriguez v. Sears Roebuck De Puerto Rico, Inc.	367 F. Supp. 2d 216	18
1999	Barreto v. ITT World Directories, Inc.	62 F. Supp. 2d 387	17
2009	Bibiloni Del Valle v. Puerto Rico	661 F. Supp. 2d 155	16
2008	Velez v. MARRIOTT PR MANAGEMENT, INC.	590 F. Supp. 2d 235	16
2004	Rojas v. Principi	326 F. Supp. 2d 267	16
1988	Santoni Roig v. Iberia Lineas Aereas De Espana	688 F. Supp. 810	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 199 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 Raymond L. Acosta?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Raymond L. Acosta to the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in 1982.
Was Raymond L. Acosta appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Raymond L. Acosta was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Raymond L. Acosta's confirmation vote?: Raymond L. Acosta was confirmed by voice vote on September 29, 1982. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Raymond L. Acosta on?: Raymond L. Acosta was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Sources

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32 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).