Edward Roy Becker (May 4, 1933 – May 19, 2006) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Edward Roy Becker
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Born 1933 in Philadelphia, PA
Died 2006 in Philadelphia, PA
FJC ID: 136
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 24/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 1,006/year
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1970–1982Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1981–2006
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
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 1998–2003
Board member · 1991–1995- Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1957–1970
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third CircuitChief Judge1981–2006 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
1970–1982 · Appointed by Richard M. Nixon (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1957- University of PennsylvaniaB.A. · 1954