Robert Everett Coyle
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert Everett Coyle was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. He earned a law degree from University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law, San Francisco) in 1956. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1930–2012
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1982
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Fresno State College (now California State, Fresno) 1953 · University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law, San Francisco) 1956
- Succeeded
- Myron Donovan Crocker
- Succeeded by
- Anthony W. Ishii
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Eastern District of California succeeded Myron Donovan Crocker | 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
| Fresno State College (now California State University, Fresno) | A.B. | 1953 |
| University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law, San Francisco) | J.D. | 1956 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Coyle was assigned 5,856 district-court cases (1981–2010). Median time from filing to termination: 272 days across 5,853 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.
On appeal
Of 44 of Coyle’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 40 were affirmed, 1 reversed or vacated, and 3 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Coyle authored 57 published opinions for the court (1982–2006). Most cited: Kern-Tulare Water District v. City of Bakersfield (224 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Kern-Tulare Water District v. City of Bakersfield | 634 F. Supp. 656 | 224 |
| 2000 | Pollstar v. Gigmania, Ltd. | 170 F. Supp. 2d 974 | 32 |
| 1992 | Fobbs v. Holy Cross Health System Corp. | 789 F. Supp. 1054 | 29 |
| 1994 | E. & J. Gallo Winery v. F. & P. S.P.A. | 899 F. Supp. 465 | 28 |
| 1998 | City of Merced v. Fields | 997 F. Supp. 1326 | 27 |
| 1989 | United States v. Edmonston | 99 B.R. 995 | 24 |
| 1990 | Stanley Works v. Snydergeneral Corp. | 781 F. Supp. 659 | 22 |
| 1986 | Rhoades v. Powell | 644 F. Supp. 645 | 21 |
| 1996 | Bronco Wine Co. v. United States Department of Treasury | 997 F. Supp. 1309 | 17 |
| 1993 | Valdez v. United States | 837 F. Supp. 1065 | 17 |
| 1991 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Tortilleria \ | 758 F. Supp. 585 | 17 |
| 2005 | Foster v. CITY OF PRESNO | 392 F. Supp. 2d 1140 | 14 |
| 1994 | Pena v. McArthur | 889 F. Supp. 403 | 14 |
| 1991 | In Re Roxford Foods Litigation | 790 F. Supp. 987 | 14 |
| 2002 | Rennie v. Internal Revenue Service | 216 F. Supp. 2d 1078 | 13 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 57 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 Everett Coyle?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Robert Everett Coyle to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California in 1982.
- Was Robert Everett Coyle appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Robert Everett Coyle was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Robert Everett Coyle's confirmation vote?
- Robert Everett Coyle was confirmed by voice vote on March 31, 1982. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Robert Everett Coyle on?
- Robert Everett Coyle was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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30 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).