Raymond Joseph Broderick
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971 and confirmed by voice vote, Raymond Joseph Broderick was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) in 1938. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1914–2000
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1971
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Notre Dame 1935 · University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) 1938
- Succeeded by
- Edmund V. Ludwig
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 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 Notre Dame | A.B. | 1935 |
| University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) | J.D. | 1938 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Broderick was assigned 1,265 district-court cases (1985–2000). Median time from filing to termination: 218 days across 1,265 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, Broderick authored 405 published opinions for the court (1971–1998). Most cited: Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & Hospital (116 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & Hospital | 446 F. Supp. 1295 | 116 |
| 1973 | C. Albert Sauter Co., Inc. v. Richard S. Sauter Co., Inc. | 368 F. Supp. 501 | 74 |
| 1990 | In Re SmithKline Beckman Corp. Securities Litigation | 751 F. Supp. 525 | 70 |
| 1982 | Ali v. Cuyler | 547 F. Supp. 129 | 62 |
| 1979 | McNulty v. Borden, Inc. | 474 F. Supp. 1111 | 62 |
| 1989 | Cain v. Hyatt | 101 B.R. 440 | 48 |
| 1982 | Chicarelli v. Plymouth Garden Apartments | 551 F. Supp. 532 | 48 |
| 1983 | Williams v. WCAU-TV | 555 F. Supp. 198 | 45 |
| 1980 | Fogel v. Forbes, Inc. | 500 F. Supp. 1081 | 45 |
| 1977 | Morgan v. Bucks Associates | 428 F. Supp. 546 | 45 |
| 1990 | Cain v. Hyatt | 734 F. Supp. 671 | 42 |
| 1976 | Resident Advisory Board v. Rizzo | 425 F. Supp. 987 | 41 |
| 1993 | Waslow v. MNC Commercial Corp. (In Re M. Paolella & Sons, Inc.) | 161 B.R. 107 | 39 |
| 1975 | United States v. Phifer | 400 F. Supp. 719 | 37 |
| 1974 | Lockett v. General Electric Company | 376 F. Supp. 1201 | 35 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 405 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 Joseph Broderick?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Raymond Joseph Broderick to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1971.
- Was Raymond Joseph Broderick appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Raymond Joseph Broderick was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Raymond Joseph Broderick's confirmation vote?
- Raymond Joseph Broderick was confirmed by voice vote on April 21, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Raymond Joseph Broderick on?
- Raymond Joseph Broderick was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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29 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).