Robert Peter Aguilar
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert Peter Aguilar was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He earned a law degree from University of California, Berkeley, School of Law in 1958. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1931–2020
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1980
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of California, Berkeley 1954 · University of California, Berkeley, Law 1958
- Succeeded by
- Jeremy D. Fogel
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Northern District of California | Carter (D) | 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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Aguilar was assigned 240 district-court cases (1985–1996). Median time from filing to termination: 342 days across 240 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, Aguilar authored 71 published opinions for the court (1980–2004). Most cited: Vance v. County of Santa Clara (163 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Vance v. County of Santa Clara | 928 F. Supp. 993 | 163 |
| 1988 | Intel Corp. v. Hartford Acc. and Indem. Co. | 692 F. Supp. 1171 | 60 |
| 1984 | Pinole Point Properties, Inc. v. Bethlehem Steel Corp. | 596 F. Supp. 283 | 57 |
| 1986 | Velasquez v. Senko | 643 F. Supp. 1172 | 54 |
| 1984 | Stevens v. Rifkin | 608 F. Supp. 710 | 43 |
| 1983 | Mahoney v. Crocker National Bank | 571 F. Supp. 287 | 34 |
| 1985 | National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws v. Mullen | 608 F. Supp. 945 | 26 |
| 1994 | Kaufman and Broad-South Bay v. Unisys Corp. | 868 F. Supp. 1212 | 25 |
| 1987 | Barth v. Firestone Tire and Rubber Co. | 661 F. Supp. 193 | 24 |
| 1983 | Mitchell v. United States Department of Housing & Urban Development | 569 F. Supp. 701 | 19 |
| 1989 | United States Ex Rel. Newsham v. Lockheed Missiles & Space Co. | 722 F. Supp. 607 | 17 |
| 1995 | In Re Cypress Semiconductor Securities Litigation | 891 F. Supp. 1369 | 16 |
| 1984 | In Re Itel Securities Litigation | 596 F. Supp. 226 | 14 |
| 1983 | Rutherford v. Sea-Land Service, Inc. | 575 F. Supp. 1365 | 14 |
| 1981 | Perry v. Watts | 520 F. Supp. 550 | 14 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 71 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 Robert Peter Aguilar?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Robert Peter Aguilar to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 1980.
- Was Robert Peter Aguilar appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Robert Peter Aguilar was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Robert Peter Aguilar's confirmation vote?
- Robert Peter Aguilar was confirmed by voice vote on June 18, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Robert Peter Aguilar on?
- Robert Peter Aguilar was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
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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16 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).