Stewart R. Dalzell
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 and confirmed by voice vote, Stewart R. Dalzell was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) in 1969. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1943–2019
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1991
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School 1965 · University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) 1969
- Succeeded by
- Gerald John Pappert
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Eastern District of Pennsylvania | 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
| University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School | B.S. | 1965 |
| University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) | J.D. | 1969 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Dalzell was assigned 6,028 district-court cases (1982–2016). Median time from filing to termination: 162 days across 6,025 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 165 of Dalzell’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 138 were affirmed, 14 reversed or vacated, and 13 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, Dalzell authored 189 published opinions for the court (1992–2011). Most cited: Weisblatt v. Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance (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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Weisblatt v. Minnesota Mutual Life Insurance | 4 F. Supp. 2d 371 | 37 |
| 2002 | Freedom Bapt. Church of Del. v. Tp. of Middletown | 204 F. Supp. 2d 857 | 36 |
| 2007 | Han Cao v. Upchurch | 496 F. Supp. 2d 569 | 27 |
| 2008 | United States v. Poindexter | 550 F. Supp. 2d 578 | 26 |
| 1995 | In Re Estate of Tabas | 879 F. Supp. 464 | 24 |
| 1998 | Open Inns, Ltd. v. Chester County Sheriff's Department | 24 F. Supp. 2d 410 | 23 |
| 1997 | United States v. Klimek | 952 F. Supp. 1100 | 23 |
| 1993 | In Re Oglesby | 158 B.R. 602 | 23 |
| 1997 | Nelson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance | 988 F. Supp. 527 | 22 |
| 1994 | Citicorp Mortgage, Inc. v. Hirsch (In Re Hirsch) | 166 B.R. 248 | 22 |
| 2010 | Burke v. Twp. of Cheltenham | 742 F. Supp. 2d 660 | 21 |
| 1994 | Kedra v. Nazareth Hospital | 868 F. Supp. 733 | 21 |
| 2002 | In Re ATI Technologies, Inc., Securities Litigation | 216 F. Supp. 2d 418 | 20 |
| 2011 | Kauffman v. Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 766 F. Supp. 2d 555 | 19 |
| 2006 | Perry v. Novartis Pharma. Corp. | 456 F. Supp. 2d 678 | 19 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 189 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 Stewart R. Dalzell?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Stewart R. Dalzell to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1991.
- Was Stewart R. Dalzell appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Stewart R. Dalzell 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 Stewart R. Dalzell's confirmation vote?
- Stewart R. Dalzell was confirmed by voice vote on September 12, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Stewart R. Dalzell on?
- Stewart R. Dalzell was 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
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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25 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).