Franklin Stuart Van Antwerpen (October 23, 1941 – July 25, 2016) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. He assumed senior status on October 23, 2006, on his 65th birthday, serving in that status until his death.
Franklin Stuart Van Antwerpen
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1941 in Passaic, NJ
Died 2016 in Palmer Township, PA
FJC ID: 2437
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 12/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 249/year
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1987–2004Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 2004–2016
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
- Court of Common Pleas of Northampton County [Pennsylvania]Judge · 1979–1987
- Private practice, Easton, Pennsylvania1971–1979
- Northampton County [Pennsylvania] Legal Aid SocietyChief counsel · 1970–1971
- Hazeltine Corporation, New York CityContracts counsel · 1967–1970
Appointments
2004–2016 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)Term ended: Death
1987–2004 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
- Temple University School of Law (now James E. Beasley School of Law)J.D. · 1967
- University of MaineB.S. · 1964