Charles Weiner

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Years in office: 1988 - 2005

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Years in office: 1967 - 1988

Education

Bachelor's

University of Pennsylvania, 1947

Law

Temple University School of Law, 1949

Graduate

University of Pennsylvania, 1976

Personal

Birthplace

Philadelphia, PA

Charles R. Weiner (1922-2005) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Weiner was nominated by PresidentLyndon Johnson on May 24, 1967, to a new seat created by 80 Stat. 75; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 12, 1967, and received commissiontwo days later.^[1] He assumedsenior status onDecember 31, 1988, and served in that capacity until his death onNovember 9, 2005. Weiner was succeeded in this position byRonald Buckwalter.

Early life and education

• University of Pennsylvania, A.B., 1947
• Temple University School of Law, LL.B., 1949
• University of Pennsylvania, M.A., 1967
• University of Pennsylvania Law School, Ph.D., 1976

Professional career

• U.S. Navy, 1941-1945
• Assistant district attorney, Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania, 1952-1953
• Member, Pennsylvania State Senate, 1953-1967
  • Minority floor leader, 1959-1960, 1963-1964
  • Majority floor leader, 1961-1962
• Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, -1967

Judicial nominations and appointments

Eastern district of Pennsylvania

Weiner was nominated by PresidentLyndon Johnson on May 24, 1967, to a new seat created by 80 Stat. 75; he was confirmed by the Senate on June 12, 1967, and received commissiontwo days later. He assumedsenior status onDecember 31, 1988, and served in that capacity until his death onNovember 9, 2005.^[1] Weiner was succeeded in this position byRonald Buckwalter.

External links

• Biography(dead link) from theFederal Judicial Center.

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Active judges	Chief Judge: Wendy Beetlestone  •  Paul Diamond  •  Juan Sanchez (Pennsylvania)  •  Jeffrey L. Schmehl  •  Chad F. Kenney, Sr.  •  Nitza I. Quinones Alejandro  •  John M. Younge  •  Gail Weilheimer  •  Gerald Austin McHugh, Jr.  •  Mark A. Kearney  •  Joseph F. Leeson, Jr.  •  Gerald J. Pappert  •  Mia Roberts Perez  •  Kelley Hodge  •  Joshua Wolson  •  Karen Marston  •  John Gallagher (Pennsylvania federal judicial nominee)  •  John Frank Murphy  •  Catherine Henry  •  Mary Kay Costello
Senior judges	Harvey Bartle  •  Robert Kelly (Pennsylvania)  •  Jan DuBois  •  Ronald Buckwalter  •  William Yohn  •  John Padova Sr.  •  Eduardo Robreno  •  Anita Brody  •  Petrese Tucker  •  Berle Schiller  •  Richard Surrick  •  Legrome Davis  •  Cynthia Rufe  •  Michael Baylson  •  Tim Savage  •  Darnell Jones  •  Joel Slomsky  •
Magistrate judges	Carol Wells  •  Timothy Rice  •  David Strawbridge  •  Elizabeth Hey  •  Lynne Sitarski  •  Scott Reid  •  Marilyn Heffley  •  Richard A. Lloret  •  Pamela Carlos  •
Former Article III judges	William Ditter  •  John Fullam  •  Louis Pollak  •  Norma Shapiro  •  Lowell Reed  •  James Giles  •  Thomas O'Neill (Pennsylvania)  •  Bruce Kauffman  •  Curtis Joyner  •  Mary McLaughlin  •  James Gardner (Pennsylvania)  •  Gene Pratter  •  Lawrence Stengel  •  Thomas Golden  •  Felipe Restrepo  •  William Lewis (Pennsylvania)  •  Richard Peters  •  Joseph Hopkinson  •  Archibald Randall  •  John Kintzing Kane  •  John Cadwalader  •  William Butler  •  Anthony Scirica  •  Franklin Van Antwerpen  •  Marjorie Rendell  •  John Bayard McPherson  •  James Buchanan Holland  •  Joseph Whitaker Thompson  •  Oliver Booth Dickinson  •  Charles Louis McKeehan  •  William Huntington Kirkpatrick  •  Mitchell Goldberg  •  Herbert Hutton  •  Daniel Huyett  •  Harry Kalodner  •  James M. Kelly (Pennsylvania)  •  Marvin Katz  •  John Whitaker Lord  •  Joseph Simon Lord  •  Alfred Luongo  •  George Austin Welsh  •  Albert Maris  •  Guy Bard  •  Louis Bechtle  •  Edward Becker  •  Ralph Body  •  Raymond Broderick  •  Edward Cahn  •  Thomas Clary  •  John Morgan Davis (Pennsylvania)  •  Thomas Egan (Pennsylvania)  •  Herbert Fogel  •  Frederick Follmer  •  Abraham Freedman  •  James Ganey  •  Francis Van Dusen  •  Aloyisus Higginbotham  •  Robert Gawthrop  •  James Gorbey  •  Clifford Green  •  Allan Grim  •  John Hannum  •  Charles William Kraft  •  Thomas Masterson  •  Joseph McGlynn  •  James McGranery  •  Clarence Newcomer  •  Emanuel Mac Troutman  •  Jay Waldman  •  Charles Weiner  •  Harold Wood  •  Donald Van Artsdalen  •  Edward G. Smith  •
Former Chief judges	Harvey Bartle  •  John Fullam  •  James Giles  •  Curtis Joyner  •  Petrese Tucker  •  Juan Sanchez (Pennsylvania)  •  William Huntington Kirkpatrick  •  Mitchell Goldberg  •  John Whitaker Lord  •  Joseph Simon Lord  •  Alfred Luongo  •  Louis Bechtle  •  Edward Cahn  •  Thomas Clary  •  James Ganey  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byLyndon Johnson
1964	Anderson •Bratton •Christie •Collins •Cowen •Davis •Ely •Freedman •Gordon •Higginbotham •McNichols •Muecke •Nichols •Port •Rabinovitz •Robinson •Simons •Suttle •Weber •Whelan •Zampano
1965	Bryant •Celebrezze •Coffin •Coleman •Collinson •Corcoran •Doyle •Eubanks •Fortas •Frankel •Gasch •Gibson •Gordon •Harris •Hemphill •Hill •Hunter •Landis •Langley •Leventhal •Maxwell •McEntee •Mehrtens •Nichol •Reynolds •Russell •Smith •Tamm •Thornberry •Young
1966	Ainsworth •Atkins •Boyle •Cabot •Cassibry •Copple •Craven •Cummings •Dyer •Fairchild •Feinberg •Ferguson •Fullam •Garrity •Godbold •Goldberg •Goodwin •Gray •Guinn •Harvey •Hauk •Heaney •Heebe •Hickey •Hogan •Kaufman •Kinneary •Krentzman •Lay •Leddy •Lord •Lynch •MacKenzie •Mansfield •McCree •McRae •Mitchell •Motley •Napoli •Nichols •Noland •Peck II •Peckham •Pettine •Pittman •Porter •Real •Roberts •Robinson •Robinson •Rubin •Russell •Scott •Seals •Seitz •Simpson •Singleton •Skelton •Smith •Smith •Taylor •Thomas •von der Heydt •Watson •Winter • Wise
1967	Arnow •Beckworth •Belloni •Butzner •Cancio •Carter •Clayton •Combs •Comiskey •Curtin •Eaton •Edenfield •Fernandez-Badillo •Gesell •Gordon •Jones •Keith •Kellam •Lambros •Maletz •Marshall •Masterson •Merhige •Morgan •Murray •Neville •Pollack •Pregerson •Theis •Troutman •Van Dusen •Waddy •Weiner •Weinstein •Whipple •Williams
1968	Aldisert •Baldwin •Bownes •Bright •Green •Gubow •Henderson •Holloway •Hufstedler •Judd •Justice •Keady •Kerner, Jr. •Lasker •Latchum •Lawrence •McMillan •Morgan •Newman •Nixon •Pratt •Re •Rosenstein •Schwartz •Smith •Stahl •Travia •Woodward