William Lloyd Standish
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987 and confirmed by voice vote, William Lloyd Standish was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1956. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1930–2015
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1987
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Yale 1953 · University of Virginia Law 1956
- Succeeded
- Barron Patterson McCune
- Succeeded by
- Thomas Michael Hardiman
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Western District of Pennsylvania succeeded Barron Patterson McCune | 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
| Yale University | B.A. | 1953 |
| University of Virginia School of Law | LL.B. | 1956 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Standish was assigned 4,079 district-court cases (1987–2012). Median time from filing to termination: 260 days across 4,078 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 52 of Standish’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 48 were affirmed, 2 reversed or vacated, and 2 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, Standish authored 36 published opinions for the court (1989–2011). Most cited: Pittsburgh Logistics Systems, Inc. v. C.R. England, Inc. (34 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Pittsburgh Logistics Systems, Inc. v. C.R. England, Inc. | 669 F. Supp. 2d 613 | 34 |
| 2008 | Lamanna v. Special Agents Mutual Benefits Ass'n | 546 F. Supp. 2d 261 | 22 |
| 1994 | Lindsay v. Kvortek | 865 F. Supp. 264 | 19 |
| 1997 | Curry v. United States Forest Service | 988 F. Supp. 541 | 18 |
| 2006 | Kahrer v. AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY | 418 F. Supp. 2d 748 | 16 |
| 1994 | Winner International Corp. v. Continental Casualty Co. | 889 F. Supp. 809 | 10 |
| 2010 | Partners Coffee Co. v. Oceana Services & Products Co. | 700 F. Supp. 2d 720 | 9 |
| 1989 | Liscio Ex Rel. Hippensteel v. Woodland Hills School District | 734 F. Supp. 689 | 9 |
| 2011 | Pounds v. Astrue | 772 F. Supp. 2d 713 | 8 |
| 2004 | Laborers Combined Funds of Western Pennsylvania v. Cioppa | 346 F. Supp. 2d 765 | 8 |
| 2009 | Luther v. KIA MOTORS AMERICA, INC. | 676 F. Supp. 2d 408 | 7 |
| 2010 | Lewis v. Ford Motor Co. | 685 F. Supp. 2d 557 | 6 |
| 1996 | In Re Blue Cross of Western Pennsylvania Litigation | 942 F. Supp. 1061 | 6 |
| 2009 | Lewis v. Ford Motor Co. | 610 F. Supp. 2d 476 | 5 |
| 2002 | Medure v. Vindicator Printing Co. | 273 F. Supp. 2d 588 | 5 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 36 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 William Lloyd Standish?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed William Lloyd Standish to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania in 1987.
- Was William Lloyd Standish appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- William Lloyd Standish was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was William Lloyd Standish's confirmation vote?
- William Lloyd Standish was confirmed by voice vote on November 5, 1987. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was William Lloyd Standish on?
- William Lloyd Standish was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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27 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).