Anne Elise Thompson
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Anne Elise Thompson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. She earned a law degree from Howard University School of Law in 1964. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1934 · age 92
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Howard 1955 · Howard Law 1964
- Succeeded by
- Stanley R. Chesler
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | District of New Jersey | Carter (D) | 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
| Howard University | B.A. | 1955 |
| Temple University | M.A. | 1957 |
| Howard University School of Law | LL.B. | 1964 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Thompson was assigned 6,309 district-court cases (1979–2021). Median time from filing to termination: 246 days across 6,309 closed cases.
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.
On appeal
Of 156 of Thompson’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 122 were affirmed, 17 reversed or vacated, and 17 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Thompson authored 45 published opinions for the court (1980–2005). Most cited: Bowen Engineering v. Estate of Reeve (58 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Bowen Engineering v. Estate of Reeve | 799 F. Supp. 467 | 58 |
| 2005 | Fellenz v. Lombard Investment Corp. | 400 F. Supp. 2d 681 | 42 |
| 1981 | Borbely v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance | 547 F. Supp. 959 | 40 |
| 1998 | Planned Parenthood of Central New Jersey v. Verniero | 41 F. Supp. 2d 478 | 36 |
| 1985 | Student Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc. v. Tenneco Polymers, Inc. | 602 F. Supp. 1394 | 35 |
| 1987 | Grecco v. O'Lone | 661 F. Supp. 408 | 34 |
| 1991 | Public Interest Research Group v. Yates Industries, Inc. | 757 F. Supp. 438 | 28 |
| 1980 | Dumansky v. United States | 486 F. Supp. 1078 | 27 |
| 1982 | Cinnaminson Township Board of Education v. U.S. Gypsum Co. | 552 F. Supp. 855 | 23 |
| 1996 | Brennan v. Poritz (In Re Brennan) | 198 B.R. 445 | 13 |
| 1991 | Public Interest Research Group v. Yates Industries, Inc. | 790 F. Supp. 511 | 13 |
| 1984 | Travelers Insurance v. Johnson | 579 F. Supp. 1457 | 13 |
| 1996 | Piccolo v. Lansing | 939 F. Supp. 319 | 12 |
| 1982 | A-S Development, Inc. v. W. R. Grace Land Corp. | 537 F. Supp. 549 | 12 |
| 1981 | Brooks v. Fitch | 534 F. Supp. 129 | 12 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 45 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 Anne Elise Thompson?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Anne Elise Thompson to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1979.
- Was Anne Elise Thompson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Anne Elise Thompson was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Anne Elise Thompson's confirmation vote?
- Anne Elise Thompson was confirmed by voice vote on October 31, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Anne Elise Thompson on?
- Anne Elise Thompson is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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46 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).