Who appointed Richard W. Goldberg?

President George H.W. Bush appointed Richard W. Goldberg to the U.S. Court of International Trade in 1991.

Was Richard W. Goldberg appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Richard W. Goldberg 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 Richard W. Goldberg's confirmation vote?

Richard W. Goldberg was confirmed by voice vote on March 21, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

U.S. Court of International Trade / Appointed 1991 / Served to 2023

Richard W. Goldberg

Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 and confirmed by voice vote, Richard W. Goldberg was a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade. He earned a law degree from University of Miami School of Law in 1952. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1927–2023
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1991
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Miami 1950 · University of Miami Law 1952
Succeeded: Paul Peter Rao
Succeeded by: Timothy C. Stanceu

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1991	U.S. Court of International Trade succeeded Paul Peter Rao	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

University of Miami	B.B.A.	1950
University of Miami School of Law	J.D.	1952

Judicial Record

In our data, Goldberg authored 139 published opinions for the court (1992–2020). Most cited: Tianjin MacHinery Import & Export Corp. v. United States (78 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
1992	Tianjin MacHinery Import & Export Corp. v. United States	806 F. Supp. 1008	78
1998	Olympia Industrial, Inc. v. United States	7 F. Supp. 2d 997	47
2001	Fujian MacHinery & Equipment Import & Export Corp. v. United States	178 F. Supp. 2d 1305	39
2004	Tianjin MacHinery Import & Export Corp. v. United States	353 F. Supp. 2d 1294	24
1995	Usinor Sacilor v. United States	893 F. Supp. 1112	22
2013	Blue Field (Sichuan) Food Industrial Co., Ltd. v. United States	949 F. Supp. 2d 1311	21
2006	Royal Thai Government v. United States	441 F. Supp. 2d 1350	21
2008	Peer Bearing Co. Changshan v. United States	587 F. Supp. 2d 1319	20
2005	Shakeproof Assembly Components Division of Illinois Tool Works, Inc. v. United States	412 F. Supp. 2d 1330	20
2006	Hynix Semiconductor, Inc. v. United States	431 F. Supp. 2d 1302	19
1999	Hyundai Electronics Co., Ltd. v. United States	53 F. Supp. 2d 1334	16
1998	Ad Hoc Committee of Florida Producers of Gray Portland Cement v. United States	25 F. Supp. 2d 352	16
1999	Micron Technology, Inc. v. United States	40 F. Supp. 2d 481	14
1999	Olympia Industrial, Inc. v. United States	36 F. Supp. 2d 414	14
2006	Trustees in Bankruptcy of North American Rubber Thread Co. v. United States	464 F. Supp. 2d 1350	13

Showing the 15 most-cited of 139 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 Richard W. Goldberg?: President George H.W. Bush appointed Richard W. Goldberg to the U.S. Court of International Trade in 1991.
Was Richard W. Goldberg appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Richard W. Goldberg 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 Richard W. Goldberg's confirmation vote?: Richard W. Goldberg was confirmed by voice vote on March 21, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Richard W. Goldberg on?: Richard W. Goldberg was a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade.

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