Who appointed Alfred M. Wolin?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Alfred M. Wolin to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1987.

Was Alfred M. Wolin appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Alfred M. Wolin was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Alfred M. Wolin's confirmation vote?

Alfred M. Wolin was confirmed by voice vote on December 8, 1987. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of New Jersey / Appointed 1987 / Served to 2004

Alfred M. Wolin

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987 and confirmed by voice vote, Alfred M. Wolin was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He earned a law degree from Rutgers School of Law -- Newark in 1959. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1932 · age 94
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1987
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Michigan 1954 · Rutgers Law -- Newark 1959
Succeeded: Robert E. Cowen
Succeeded by: Dennis M. Cavanaugh

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1987	District of New Jersey succeeded Robert E. Cowen	Reagan (R)	Voice vote

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.

Confirmation vote

Voice vote

The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.

Education

University of Michigan	B.A.	1954
Rutgers School of Law -- Newark	J.D.	1959

Before the bench

Professional career before and outside the federal bench, as recorded by the Federal Judicial Center.

U.S. Army	1954-1956
Private practice, Elizabeth, New Jersey	1960-1980
Chief staff attorney, Union County [New Jersey] Legal Aid Society	1965-1974
Attorney, Roselle [New Jersey] Board of Adjustment	1965-1974
Special assistant prosecutor, Union County, New Jersey	1970
Legislative aide, U.S. Rep. Matthew Rinaldo of New Jersey	1970-1972
Field representative, 12th Congressional District, New Jersey	1972-1979
Municipal prosecutor, Westfield, New Jersey	1973-1974
Judge, Union County [New Jersey] District Court	1980-1985
Judge, Superior Court of New Jersey, 1980-1987; Juvenile and Domestic Relations Court, 1980-1982; Civil Part, 1982-1983; presiding judge, Criminal Part	1983-1987

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Wolin was assigned 4,318 district-court cases (1981–2003). Median time from filing to termination: 237 days across 4,315 closed cases.

Contract21%

Personal-injury torts17%

Prisoner & habeas12%

Civil rights11%

Labor & ERISA10%

Property torts9%

Other21%

Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.

In our data, Wolin authored 219 published opinions for the court (1988–2003). Most cited: In Re Prudential Insurance Co. of America Sales Practices Litigation (180 citations).

A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Recent & notable rulings

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1997	In Re Prudential Insurance Co. of America Sales Practices Litigation	962 F. Supp. 450	180
1988	Florham Park Chevron, Inc. v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc.	680 F. Supp. 159	135
2000	Park Inn International, L.L.C. v. Mody Enterprises, Inc.	105 F. Supp. 2d 370	87
1988	T & E INDUSTRIES, INC. v. Safety Light Corp.	680 F. Supp. 696	67
1990	Gutman v. Howard Savings Bank	748 F. Supp. 254	63
2000	Cadapult Graphic Systems, Inc. v. Tektronix, Inc.	98 F. Supp. 2d 560	61
1997	In Re Prudential Insurance Co. of America Sales Practices Litigation	975 F. Supp. 584	53
1996	Frank v. County of Hudson	924 F. Supp. 620	53
1992	Hatco Corp. v. W.R. Grace & Co.—Conn.	801 F. Supp. 1334	53
1995	Lo Bosco v. Kure Engineering Ltd.	891 F. Supp. 1020	49
1998	Danka Funding, L.L.C. v. Page, Scrantom, Sprouse, Tucker & Ford, P.C.	21 F. Supp. 2d 465	46
1991	Mobay Corp. v. Allied-Signal, Inc.	761 F. Supp. 345	46
1992	North River Insurance v. Philadelphia Reinsurance Corp.	797 F. Supp. 363	43
1997	Weber v. Jolly Hotels	977 F. Supp. 327	37
1990	Allied Corp. v. Frola	730 F. Supp. 626	37

Showing the 15 most-cited of 219 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Alfred M. Wolin?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Alfred M. Wolin to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1987.
Was Alfred M. Wolin appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Alfred M. Wolin was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Alfred M. Wolin's confirmation vote?: Alfred M. Wolin was confirmed by voice vote on December 8, 1987. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Alfred M. Wolin on?: Alfred M. Wolin was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Sources

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16 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Data as of 2026-09-28. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).