Salvador E. Casellas
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Salvador E. Casellas was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He earned a law degree from University of Puerto Rico School of Law in 1960. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1935–2017
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Georgetown College (now Georgetown) 1957 · University of Puerto Rico Law 1960
- Succeeded
- Jaime Pieras Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Aida M. Delgado-Colón
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | District of Puerto Rico succeeded Jaime Pieras Jr. | Clinton (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
| Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) | B.S.F.S. | 1957 |
| University of Puerto Rico School of Law | LL.B. | 1960 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.M. | 1961 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Casellas was assigned 3,016 district-court cases (1985–2017). Median time from filing to termination: 357 days across 3,016 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 37 of Casellas’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 32 were affirmed, 2 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, Casellas authored 333 published opinions for the court (1995–2012). Most cited: Rivera De Leon v. Maxon Engineering Services, Inc. (37 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Rivera De Leon v. Maxon Engineering Services, Inc. | 283 F. Supp. 2d 550 | 37 |
| 2002 | Torres Maysonet v. Drillex, S.E. | 229 F. Supp. 2d 105 | 34 |
| 1999 | Vicenty Martell v. Estado Libre Asociado De Puerto Rico | 48 F. Supp. 2d 81 | 32 |
| 1998 | Orbi, S.A. v. Calvesbert & Brown | 20 F. Supp. 2d 289 | 25 |
| 1995 | Rivera v. Telefonica De Puerto Rico | 913 F. Supp. 81 | 25 |
| 1997 | Pineda v. Almacenes Pitusa, Inc. | 982 F. Supp. 88 | 24 |
| 2002 | United States v. Hernandez | 183 F. Supp. 2d 468 | 23 |
| 1997 | Moreno v. John Crane, Inc. | 963 F. Supp. 72 | 23 |
| 2004 | Rosado De Velez v. Zayas | 328 F. Supp. 2d 202 | 19 |
| 2002 | Del Rosario Ortega v. Star-Kist Foods, Inc. | 213 F. Supp. 2d 84 | 19 |
| 1995 | Journe v. Journe | 911 F. Supp. 43 | 16 |
| 2009 | Renaissance Marketing, Inc. v. Monitronics International, Inc. | 606 F. Supp. 2d 201 | 15 |
| 1996 | Dibbs v. Gonsalves | 921 F. Supp. 44 | 15 |
| 2003 | Torres Ocasio v. Melendez | 283 F. Supp. 2d 505 | 14 |
| 1997 | Gomez v. Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines | 964 F. Supp. 47 | 14 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 333 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 Salvador E. Casellas?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Salvador E. Casellas to the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico in 1994.
- Was Salvador E. Casellas appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Salvador E. Casellas was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Salvador E. Casellas's confirmation vote?
- Salvador E. Casellas was confirmed by voice vote on September 28, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Salvador E. Casellas on?
- Salvador E. Casellas was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
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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23 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).