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Judge Rebecca F Doherty

Federal civil cases assigned to Judge Rebecca F Doherty.

Judge Rebecca F Doherty has 7,153 federal civil cases in this index, filed between 1990 and 2017, most often Product Liability and Contract matters. The most common causes of action are Product Liability, Fair Labor Standards Act, and Civil Rights.

Appointment & Background

Appointed by
President George H.W. Bush
Confirmed
10/31/1991
Status
Active
Born
1952 · Fort Worth, TX

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

7,153
Lawsuits
0
Open
7,153
Terminated
1990–2017
Span
5,400 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 — 7,153 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 — 0 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 4,774 open2017

Case Types Over Time

19902017
Product LiabilityContractCivil RightsLaborFederal Tax / Statutory Actions

Filings by Year

19902017

Case Types

Product Liability5,400
Contract630
Civil Rights486
Labor247
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions92
Real Property78

Where Filed

  • District Court, W.D. Louisiana7,153
Clustered litigation · MDL 5,400 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 5,400 member cases →

1,753 Other Cases — Newest First

Showing 1–50 of 1,753