Charles R. Weiner (June 27, 1922 – November 9, 2005) was an American politician and judge from Pennsylvania. He served as a Democratic member of the Pennsylvania State Senate for the 7th district from 1953 to 1967 and as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania from 1967 to 2005 including as senior judge from 1988 to 2005.
Charles R. Weiner
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court
Born 1922 in Philadelphia, PA
Died 2005 in Doylestown, PA
FJC ID: 2535
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 1/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 34/year
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1967–2005
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
Member · 1978–1983- PennsylvaniaState senator · 1953–1967
- ↳minority floor leader · 1959–1960, 1963–1964
- ↳majority floor leader · 1961–1962
- Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, -1967
- Philadelphia County, PennsylvaniaAssistant district attorney · 1952–1953
U.S. Navy1941–1945
Appointments
1967–2005 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- University of PennsylvaniaM.A. · 1967
- Temple University School of Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law)LL.B. · 1949
- University of PennsylvaniaA.B. · 1947