Charles L. Brieant Jr.
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles L. Brieant Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1949. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1923–2008
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1971
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Columbia 1947 · Columbia Law School 1949
- Succeeded
- John F. X. McGohey
- Succeeded by
- Paul G. Gardephe
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Southern District of New York succeeded John F. X. McGohey | Nixon (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
| Columbia University | B.A. | 1947 |
| Columbia Law School | LL.B. | 1949 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Brieant was assigned 7,696 district-court cases (1984–2008). Median time from filing to termination: 104 days across 7,686 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 79 of Brieant’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 60 were affirmed, 16 reversed or vacated, and 3 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, Brieant authored 397 published opinions for the court (1971–2008). Most cited: Mon-Shore Management, Inc. v. Family Media, Inc. (260 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Mon-Shore Management, Inc. v. Family Media, Inc. | 584 F. Supp. 186 | 260 |
| 1984 | Johns-Manville Corp. v. Asbestos Litigation Group (In Re Johns-Manville Corp.) | 40 B.R. 219 | 151 |
| 1987 | United States v. Feola | 651 F. Supp. 1068 | 138 |
| 1991 | Schmidt v. Bishop | 779 F. Supp. 321 | 96 |
| 1977 | Reliance Insurance Co. v. Barron's | 442 F. Supp. 1341 | 77 |
| 1974 | National Lampoon, Inc. v. American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. | 376 F. Supp. 733 | 76 |
| 1997 | Roberts v. Texaco, Inc. | 979 F. Supp. 185 | 70 |
| 1989 | In Re Union Carbide Consumer Prod. Bus. SEC. Lit. | 724 F. Supp. 160 | 67 |
| 1986 | Pepsico, Inc. v. Continental Casualty Co. | 640 F. Supp. 656 | 59 |
| 1991 | Linares v. City of White Plains | 773 F. Supp. 559 | 49 |
| 1995 | Town of Wallkill v. Tesa Tape Inc. | 891 F. Supp. 955 | 46 |
| 1998 | Fierro v. Saks Fifth Avenue | 13 F. Supp. 2d 481 | 44 |
| 1989 | Perino v. Cohen (In Re Cohen) | 107 B.R. 453 | 44 |
| 2001 | Balaber-Strauss v. Lawrence | 264 B.R. 303 | 42 |
| 1982 | Schlanger v. Four-Phase Systems Inc. | 555 F. Supp. 535 | 42 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 397 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 Charles L. Brieant Jr.?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Charles L. Brieant Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1971.
- Was Charles L. Brieant Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Charles L. Brieant Jr. was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Charles L. Brieant Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Charles L. Brieant Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on July 29, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Charles L. Brieant Jr. on?
- Charles L. Brieant Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (The Third Branch newsletter) (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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36 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).