James Cullen Ganey (April 22, 1899 – February 7, 1972) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and previously was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
James Cullen Ganey
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Born 1899 in Bethlehem, PA
Died 1972 in Philadelphia, PA
FJC ID: 814
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 15/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 151/year
Pennsylvania Eastern District Court · 1940–1961Third Circuit Court of Appeals · 1961–1972
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 · 1959–1961
U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania1937–1940- Private practice, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania1923–1937
Appointments
1961–1972 · Appointed by John F. Kennedy (Democratic)Term ended: Death
1940–1961 · Appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt (Democratic)Term ended: Appointment to Another Judicial Position
Education
LL.B. · 1923- Lehigh UniversityLL.B. · 1920