Who appointed Arthur Joseph Goldberg?

President John F. Kennedy appointed Arthur Joseph Goldberg to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1962.

Was Arthur Joseph Goldberg appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Arthur Joseph Goldberg was appointed by President John F. Kennedy, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Arthur Joseph Goldberg's confirmation vote?

Arthur Joseph Goldberg was confirmed by voice vote on September 25, 1962. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Supreme Court / Appointed 1962 / Served to 1965

Arthur Joseph Goldberg

Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States

Appointed by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 and confirmed by voice vote, Arthur Joseph Goldberg was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. He earned a law degree from Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law) in 1929. 36 opinions of the Court ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1908–1990
Appointed by: John F. Kennedy, 1962
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Northwestern Law (now Pritzker School of Law) 1929 · Northwestern Law (now Pritzker School of Law) 1929
Succeeded: Felix Frankfurter
Succeeded by: Abe Fortas

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1962	Supreme Court succeeded Felix Frankfurter	Kennedy (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

Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law)	B.S.L.	1929
Northwestern University School of Law (now Pritzker School of Law)	J.D.	1930

Opinions of the Court

Goldberg delivered 36 opinions of the Court in the covered window (October Term 1962 – October Term 1964). Most cited: Foman v. Davis, Executrix (17,205 citations).

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1965	Waterman Steamship Corp. v. United States	381 U.S. 252 (1965)	–
1965	One 1958 Plymouth Sedan v. Pennsylvania	380 U.S. 693 (1965)	867
1965	National Labor Relations Board v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.	380 U.S. 438 (1965)	264
1965	Burnett v. New York Central Railroad Co.	380 U.S. 424 (1965)	1036
1965	Sansone v. United States	380 U.S. 343 (1965)	851
1965	United States v. Ventresca	380 U.S. 102 (1965)	4171
1965	Securities and Exchange Commission v. American Trailer Rentals Co.	379 U.S. 594 (1965)	–
1965	Cox v. Louisiana	379 U.S. 559 (1965)	938
1965	Cox v. Louisiana	379 U.S. 536 (1965)	1449
1964	Schlagenhauf v. Holder, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Indiana	379 U.S. 104 (1964)	1194
1964	Aptheker et al. v. Secretary of State	378 U.S. 500 (1964)	709
1964	Escobedo v. Illinois	378 U.S. 478 (1964)	5250
1964	Aguilar v. Texas	378 U.S. 108 (1964)	7289
1964	Murphy et al. v. Waterfront Commission of New York Harbor	378 U.S. 52 (1964)	1503
1964	Hudson Distributors, Inc., v. Eli Lilly & Co.	377 U.S. 386 (1964)	–
1964	United States v. Welden	377 U.S. 95 (1964)	125
1964	Van Dusen, U.S. District Judge, et al. v. Barrack, Administratrix, et al.	376 U.S. 612 (1964)	3077
1964	Rabinowitz et al. v. Kennedy, Attorney General	376 U.S. 605 (1964)	–
1964	United States v. Ward Baking Co. et al.	376 U.S. 327 (1964)	–
1964	Brooks v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.	376 U.S. 182 (1964)	–
1964	Tilton et al. v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Co.	376 U.S. 169 (1964)	125
1964	Greene v. United States	376 U.S. 149 (1964)	325
1963	Securities and Exchange Commission v. Capital Gains Research Bureau, Inc., et al.	375 U.S. 180 (1963)	780
1963	United States v. Stapf et al., Executors and Trustees	375 U.S. 118 (1963)	139
1963	Gastelum-Quinones v. Kennedy, Attorney General	374 U.S. 469 (1963)	–
1963	Rosenberg, District Director, Immigration and Naturalization Service, v. Fleuti	374 U.S. 449 (1963)	410
1963	Watson et al. v. City of Memphis et al.	373 U.S. 526 (1963)	280
1963	Haynes v. Washington	373 U.S. 503 (1963)	1403
1963	Silver, Doing Business as Municipal Securities Co., et al. v. New York Stock Exchange	373 U.S. 341 (1963)	619
1963	Maximov, Trustee, v. United States	373 U.S. 49 (1963)	131
1963	Gibson v. Florida Legislative Investigation Committee	372 U.S. 539 (1963)	416
1963	Draper et al. v. Washington et al.	372 U.S. 487 (1963)	654
1963	Kennedy, Attorney General, v. Mendoza-Martinez	372 U.S. 144 (1963)	2208
1963	Federal Trade Commission v. Sun Oil Co.	371 U.S. 505 (1963)	132
1962	Foman v. Davis, Executrix	371 U.S. 178 (1962)	17205
1962	United States v. Loew'S Incorporated et al.	371 U.S. 38 (1962)	303

Opinions of the Court only: the Court’s slip-opinion tables don’t list dissents or concurrences separately. Earlier opinions arrive with the bound-volume ingest. Browse all Supreme Court opinions.

Questions & answers

Who appointed Arthur Joseph Goldberg?: President John F. Kennedy appointed Arthur Joseph Goldberg to the Supreme Court of the United States in 1962.
Was Arthur Joseph Goldberg appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Arthur Joseph Goldberg was appointed by President John F. Kennedy, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Arthur Joseph Goldberg's confirmation vote?: Arthur Joseph Goldberg was confirmed by voice vote on September 25, 1962. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Arthur Joseph Goldberg on?: Arthur Joseph Goldberg was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

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