Roderick R. McKelvie
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Roderick R. McKelvie was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. He earned a law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) in 1973. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1946 · age 80
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1992
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Harvard 1968 · University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) 1973
- Succeeded
- Murray Merle Schwartz
- Succeeded by
- Kent A. Jordan
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | District of Delaware succeeded Murray Merle Schwartz | 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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, McKelvie was assigned 1,675 district-court cases (1983–2002). Median time from filing to termination: 268 days across 1,675 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, McKelvie authored 147 published opinions for the court (1993–2002). Most cited: Peltz v. Hatten (67 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Peltz v. Hatten | 279 B.R. 710 | 67 |
| 2002 | Alstrin v. St. Paul Mercury Insurance | 179 F. Supp. 2d 376 | 47 |
| 1998 | C.R. Bard Inc. v. Guidant Corp. | 997 F. Supp. 556 | 45 |
| 2002 | Hechinger Investment Co. v. Fleet Retail Finance Group | 274 B.R. 71 | 42 |
| 1995 | Hoover v. Watson | 886 F. Supp. 410 | 37 |
| 2001 | ADE CORP. v. KLA-Tencor Corp. | 138 F. Supp. 2d 565 | 36 |
| 1995 | Abdul-Akbar v. Department of Corrections | 910 F. Supp. 986 | 33 |
| 1996 | Joint Stock Society \ | 936 F. Supp. 177 | 31 |
| 1993 | Thorn Emi North America, Inc. v. Micron Technology, Inc. | 837 F. Supp. 616 | 31 |
| 2000 | LaSalle National Bank v. Perelman | 82 F. Supp. 2d 279 | 30 |
| 1997 | Official Bondholders Committee v. Chase Manhatten Bank (In Re Marvel Entertainment Group, Inc.) | 209 B.R. 832 | 28 |
| 1993 | Harleysville Mutual Insurance v. Sussex County | 831 F. Supp. 1111 | 28 |
| 2001 | Intel Corp. v. Broadcom Corp. | 167 F. Supp. 2d 692 | 25 |
| 2000 | Great Lakes Chemical Corp. v. Monsanto Co. | 96 F. Supp. 2d 376 | 23 |
| 2001 | In Re Reliance Securities Litigation | 135 F. Supp. 2d 480 | 22 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 147 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 Roderick R. McKelvie?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Roderick R. McKelvie to the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in 1992.
- Was Roderick R. McKelvie appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Roderick R. McKelvie 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 Roderick R. McKelvie's confirmation vote?
- Roderick R. McKelvie was confirmed by voice vote on February 27, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Roderick R. McKelvie on?
- Roderick R. McKelvie was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.
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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10 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).