Robert Allan Edgar
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Robert Allan Edgar is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. He earned a law degree from Duke University School of Law in 1965. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1940 · age 86
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Davidson College 1962 · Duke Law 1965
- Succeeded
- Herbert Theodore Milburn
- Succeeded by
- Harry Sandlin Mattice Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Eastern District of Tennessee succeeded Herbert Theodore Milburn | 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
| Davidson College | B.A. | 1962 |
| Duke University School of Law | LL.B. | 1965 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Edgar was assigned 4,115 district-court cases (1986–2015). Median time from filing to termination: 289 days across 4,113 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 99 of Edgar’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 90 were affirmed, 6 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, Edgar authored 118 published opinions for the court (1985–2010). Most cited: Curtis v. Universal Match Corp. (102 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Curtis v. Universal Match Corp. | 778 F. Supp. 1421 | 102 |
| 1998 | Lawrence v. Jahn (In Re Lawrence) | 219 B.R. 786 | 44 |
| 1986 | Broadway Books, Inc. v. Roberts | 642 F. Supp. 486 | 42 |
| 1986 | Lovvorn v. City of Chattanooga, Tenn. | 647 F. Supp. 875 | 38 |
| 1990 | Provident Life & Accident Insurance v. United States | 740 F. Supp. 492 | 37 |
| 1992 | Spence v. Miles Laboratories, Inc. | 810 F. Supp. 952 | 36 |
| 1992 | Cooley v. United States | 791 F. Supp. 1294 | 31 |
| 2002 | Arthur v. Litton Loan Servicing LP | 249 F. Supp. 2d 924 | 28 |
| 1994 | Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. v. McCoy | 853 F. Supp. 1023 | 24 |
| 1986 | Coleman v. General Electric Co. | 643 F. Supp. 1229 | 24 |
| 2005 | Fuller v. Abercrombie & Fitch Stores, Inc. | 370 F. Supp. 2d 686 | 23 |
| 1988 | Electric Power Board v. Westinghouse Electric Corp. | 716 F. Supp. 1069 | 22 |
| 1986 | Anderson v. Duvoisin (In Re Southern Industrial Banking Corp.) | 70 B.R. 196 | 22 |
| 1985 | MacDougal v. Sears, Roebuck & Co. | 624 F. Supp. 756 | 20 |
| 2000 | Craigmiles v. Giles | 110 F. Supp. 2d 658 | 19 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 118 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 Allan Edgar?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Robert Allan Edgar to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee in 1985.
- Was Robert Allan Edgar appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Robert Allan Edgar was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Robert Allan Edgar's confirmation vote?
- Robert Allan Edgar was confirmed by voice vote on April 15, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Robert Allan Edgar on?
- Robert Allan Edgar is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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41 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).