Ronald Lawrence Buckwalter
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 and confirmed by voice vote, Ronald Lawrence Buckwalter is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from William and Mary Law School in 1962. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1936 · age 90
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1990
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Franklin and Marshall College 1958 · William and Mary Law School 1962
- Succeeded
- Charles R. Weiner
- Succeeded by
- Lawrence F. Stengel
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania succeeded Charles R. Weiner | 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
| Franklin and Marshall College | A.B. | 1958 |
| William and Mary Law School | B.C.L. | 1962 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Buckwalter was assigned 5,560 district-court cases (1983–2015). Median time from filing to termination: 236 days across 5,559 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 103 of Buckwalter’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 83 were affirmed, 13 reversed or vacated, and 7 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, Buckwalter authored 53 published opinions for the court (1990–2011). Most cited: In Re Corestates Trust Fee Litigation (82 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | In Re Corestates Trust Fee Litigation | 837 F. Supp. 104 | 82 |
| 2010 | Brown & Brown, Inc. v. Cola | 745 F. Supp. 2d 588 | 68 |
| 2008 | Knipe v. SmithKline Beecham | 583 F. Supp. 2d 553 | 36 |
| 2009 | CRS Auto Parts, Inc. v. National Grange Mutual Insurance | 645 F. Supp. 2d 354 | 32 |
| 2001 | Weber v. Basic Comfort Inc. | 155 F. Supp. 2d 283 | 32 |
| 1993 | In Re One Meridian Plaza Fire Litigation | 820 F. Supp. 1460 | 26 |
| 1999 | Richards v. United States (In Re Richards) | 231 B.R. 571 | 25 |
| 2009 | Di Loreto v. Costigan | 600 F. Supp. 2d 671 | 21 |
| 2008 | Knipe v. Smithkline Beecham | 583 F. Supp. 2d 602 | 21 |
| 2010 | Smith v. HireRight Solutions, Inc. | 711 F. Supp. 2d 426 | 16 |
| 2008 | State Farm Mutual, Automobile Insurance v. Tz'Doko V'Chesed | 543 F. Supp. 2d 424 | 16 |
| 1999 | Cureton v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n | 37 F. Supp. 2d 687 | 15 |
| 2011 | United States v. Rocky Mountain Holdings, Inc. | 782 F. Supp. 2d 106 | 14 |
| 2009 | Atkinson v. Lafayette College | 653 F. Supp. 2d 581 | 14 |
| 2009 | Benchmark Group, Inc. v. Penn Tank Lines, Inc. | 612 F. Supp. 2d 562 | 14 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 53 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 Ronald Lawrence Buckwalter?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Ronald Lawrence Buckwalter to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1990.
- Was Ronald Lawrence Buckwalter appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Ronald Lawrence Buckwalter 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 Ronald Lawrence Buckwalter's confirmation vote?
- Ronald Lawrence Buckwalter was confirmed by voice vote on March 9, 1990. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Ronald Lawrence Buckwalter on?
- Ronald Lawrence Buckwalter is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (The Third Branch newsletter) (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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36 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).