Thomas Penfield Jackson
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982 and confirmed by voice vote, Thomas Penfield Jackson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1964. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1937–2013
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1982
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Dartmouth College 1958 · Harvard Law School 1964
- Succeeded
- Oliver Gasch
- Succeeded by
- Rosemary M. Collyer
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | District of Columbia succeeded Oliver Gasch | Reagan (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
| Dartmouth College | A.B. | 1958 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1964 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Jackson was assigned 2,771 district-court cases (1982–2004). Median time from filing to termination: 224 days across 2,769 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, Jackson authored 148 published opinions for the court (1982–2004). Most cited: Stethem v. Islamic Republic of Iran (92 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Stethem v. Islamic Republic of Iran | 201 F. Supp. 2d 78 | 92 |
| 2000 | Anderson v. Islamic Republic of Iran | 90 F. Supp. 2d 107 | 64 |
| 1998 | Cicippio v. Islamic Republic of Iran | 18 F. Supp. 2d 62 | 59 |
| 2001 | Wagner v. Islamic Republic of Iran | 172 F. Supp. 2d 128 | 53 |
| 2000 | United States v. Microsoft Corp. | 87 F. Supp. 2d 30 | 49 |
| 1999 | United States v. Microsoft Corp. | 84 F. Supp. 2d 9 | 46 |
| 2001 | American Forest Resource Council v. Shea | 172 F. Supp. 2d 24 | 38 |
| 1986 | American Federation of Government Employees, Local 2782 v. United States Department of Commerce | 632 F. Supp. 1272 | 33 |
| 1985 | Baker v. AH Robins Co., Inc. | 613 F. Supp. 994 | 33 |
| 2001 | Veitch v. Danzig | 135 F. Supp. 2d 32 | 30 |
| 1993 | Daniels Cablevision, Inc. v. United States | 835 F. Supp. 1 | 30 |
| 1985 | Omega Equipment Corp. v. John C. Louis Co. (In Re Omega Equipment Corp.) | 51 B.R. 569 | 30 |
| 1982 | Investment Co. Institute v. United States | 550 F. Supp. 1213 | 30 |
| 1982 | Donohoe v. Watt | 546 F. Supp. 753 | 28 |
| 1987 | Matzo v. Postmaster General | 685 F. Supp. 260 | 25 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 148 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 Thomas Penfield Jackson?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Thomas Penfield Jackson to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1982.
- Was Thomas Penfield Jackson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Thomas Penfield Jackson was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Thomas Penfield Jackson's confirmation vote?
- Thomas Penfield Jackson was confirmed by voice vote on June 24, 1982. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Thomas Penfield Jackson on?
- Thomas Penfield Jackson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Beverly Rezneck (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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22 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).