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Judge Cynthia M. Rufe

Federal civil cases assigned to Judge Cynthia M. Rufe.

Judge Cynthia M. Rufe has 8,720 federal civil cases in this index, filed between 1990 and 2025, most often Product Liability and Civil Rights matters. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Antitrust, and Civil Rights.

Appointment & Background

Appointed by
President George W. Bush
Confirmed
04/30/2002
Status
Active
Confirmation vote
98–0
Born
1948 · Philadelphia, PA

Judicial record from the Federal Judicial Center biographical directory, via CourtListener.

8,720
Lawsuits
29
Open
8,691
Terminated
1990–2025
Span
6,572 of these cases (75%) are Product Liability filings consolidated as a multidistrict litigation (MDL) — thousands of near-identical suits managed together before this judge. The totals and the year chart reflect that concentration, not typical caseload.

Cases by State

AL — 0 casesAZ — 0 casesAR — 0 casesCA — 0 casesCO — 0 casesCT — 0 casesDE — 0 casesDC — 0 casesFL — 0 casesGA — 0 casesID — 0 casesIL — 0 casesIN — 0 casesIA — 0 casesKS — 0 casesKY — 0 casesLA — 0 casesME — 0 casesMD — 0 casesMA — 0 casesMI — 0 casesMN — 0 casesMS — 0 casesMO — 0 casesMT — 0 casesNE — 0 casesNV — 0 casesNH — 0 casesNJ — 0 casesNM — 0 casesNY — 0 casesNC — 0 casesND — 0 casesOH — 0 casesOK — 0 casesOR — 0 casesPA — 8,720 casesRI — 0 casesSC — 0 casesSD — 0 casesTN — 0 casesTX — 0 casesUT — 0 casesVT — 0 casesVA — 0 casesWA — 0 casesWV — 0 casesWI — 0 casesWY — 0 cases

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 4,043 open2025

Case Types Over Time

19902025
Product LiabilityCivil RightsContractFederal Tax / Statutory ActionsLabor

Filings by Year

19902025

Case Types

Product Liability6,572
Civil Rights649
Contract418
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions215
Labor199
Antitrust196

Where Filed

  • District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania8,720
Clustered litigation · MDL 6,572 Product Liability member cases 75% of the caseload is a wave of near-identical suits consolidated as a multidistrict litigation and managed together before this judge — grouped here rather than listed one by one. Browse all 6,572 member cases →

2,148 Other Cases — Newest First

Showing 1–50 of 2,148