[1] Stapleton was nominated by President Richard Nixon on September 22, 1970, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Delaware vacated by Judge Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 8, 1970, and received commission six days later.
[1] Stapleton was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on March 27, 1985, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, to a new seat created by 98 Stat.
[3] Stapleton died in Penn, Pennsylvania on November 23, 2024, at the age of 90.
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