Stanley Alexander Weigel
Appointed by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 and confirmed by voice vote, Stanley Alexander Weigel was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He earned a law degree from Stanford Law School in 1928. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1905–1999
- Appointed by
- John F. Kennedy, 1962
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Stanford 1926 · Stanford Law School 1928
- Succeeded
- Louis Earl Goodman
- Succeeded by
- John P. Vukasin Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Northern District of California succeeded Louis Earl Goodman | Kennedy (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
| Stanford University | A.B. | 1926 |
| Stanford Law School | J.D. | 1928 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Weigel was assigned 973 district-court cases (1973–1996). Median time from filing to termination: 286 days across 973 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, Weigel authored 147 published opinions for the court (1963–1998). Most cited: Laue v. Nelson (181 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Laue v. Nelson | 279 F. Supp. 265 | 181 |
| 1988 | Gauvin v. Trombatore | 682 F. Supp. 1067 | 100 |
| 1984 | Toussaint v. McCarthy | 597 F. Supp. 1388 | 93 |
| 1989 | Southwest Marine, Inc. v. Triple a MacHine Shop, Inc. | 720 F. Supp. 805 | 67 |
| 1978 | Bracco v. Lackner | 462 F. Supp. 436 | 38 |
| 1988 | Riggs v. Continental Baking Co. | 678 F. Supp. 236 | 34 |
| 1988 | State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. v. Neumann | 698 F. Supp. 195 | 31 |
| 1971 | Johnson v. San Francisco Unified School District | 339 F. Supp. 1315 | 29 |
| 1991 | Pratt v. Rowland | 769 F. Supp. 1128 | 28 |
| 1968 | Crane v. Hedrick | 284 F. Supp. 250 | 28 |
| 1983 | Toussaint v. Rushen | 553 F. Supp. 1365 | 25 |
| 1987 | Washington v. Baenziger | 673 F. Supp. 1478 | 24 |
| 1987 | Lee v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America | 673 F. Supp. 998 | 24 |
| 1994 | Save Mart Supermarkets v. Underwriters at Lloyd's London | 843 F. Supp. 597 | 21 |
| 1979 | Healy Tibbitts Construction Co. v. Foremost Insurance | 482 F. Supp. 830 | 20 |
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 Stanley Alexander Weigel?
- President John F. Kennedy appointed Stanley Alexander Weigel to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 1962.
- Was Stanley Alexander Weigel appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Stanley Alexander Weigel was appointed by President John F. Kennedy, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Stanley Alexander Weigel's confirmation vote?
- Stanley Alexander Weigel was confirmed by voice vote on August 9, 1962. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Stanley Alexander Weigel on?
- Stanley Alexander Weigel was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern 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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35 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).