Who appointed Charles Sherman Haight Jr.?

President Gerald Ford appointed Charles Sherman Haight Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1976.

Was Charles Sherman Haight Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Charles Sherman Haight Jr. was appointed by President Gerald Ford, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Charles Sherman Haight Jr.'s confirmation vote?

Charles Sherman Haight Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on March 26, 1976. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of New York / Appointed 1976 / Senior status since 1995

Charles Sherman Haight Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1976 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles Sherman Haight Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1955. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1930 · age 96
Appointed by: Gerald Ford, 1976
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Yale 1952 · Yale Law School 1955
Succeeded: Murray Irwin Gurfein
Succeeded by: Richard Conway Casey

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1976	Southern District of New York succeeded Murray Irwin Gurfein	Ford (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

Yale University	B.A.	1952
Yale Law School	LL.B.	1955

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Haight was assigned 2,466 district-court cases (1979–2019). Median time from filing to termination: 364 days across 2,464 closed cases.

Contract31%

Personal-injury torts13%

Labor & ERISA10%

Prisoner & habeas10%

Intellectual property8%

Civil rights7%

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.

On appeal

Of 16 of Haight’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 11 were affirmed, 0 reversed or vacated, and 5 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, Haight authored 547 published opinions for the court (1976–2010). Most cited: Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp. (In Re Brunner) (185 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
1985	Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp. (In Re Brunner)	46 B.R. 752	185
1982	Feinstein v. Firestone Tire and Rubber Co.	535 F. Supp. 595	122
2007	American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection & Indemnity Ass'n v. LaFarge North America, Inc.	474 F. Supp. 2d 474	91
1980	Russ Berrie & Co., Inc. v. Jerry Elsner Co., Inc.	482 F. Supp. 980	80
1994	Dicola v. American Steamship Owners Mutual Protection & Indemnity Ass'n (In Re Prudential Lines, Inc.)	170 B.R. 222	73
1983	Sanders v. Thrall Car Manufacturing Co.	582 F. Supp. 945	70
1984	Storms v. Coughlin	600 F. Supp. 1214	65
1985	Inc. Publishing Corp. v. Manhattan Magazine, Inc.	616 F. Supp. 370	64
1993	Integrated Resources, Inc. v. Ameritrust Co. National (In Re Integrated Resources, Inc.)	157 B.R. 66	63
1994	Hassett v. Bancohio National Bank (In Re CIS Corp.)	172 B.R. 748	58
1984	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Musella	578 F. Supp. 425	57
1983	Rasoulzadeh v. Associated Press	574 F. Supp. 854	50
2000	Ryan v. Volpone Stamp Co., Inc.	107 F. Supp. 2d 369	49
1984	Occidental Chemical Corp. v. Johns-Manville Corp. (In Re Johns-Manville Corp.)	41 B.R. 926	47
1992	Sussman Ex Rel. Guilden v. Bank of Israel	801 F. Supp. 1068	46

Showing the 15 most-cited of 547 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 Sherman Haight Jr.?: President Gerald Ford appointed Charles Sherman Haight Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1976.
Was Charles Sherman Haight Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Charles Sherman Haight Jr. was appointed by President Gerald Ford, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Charles Sherman Haight Jr.'s confirmation vote?: Charles Sherman Haight Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on March 26, 1976. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Charles Sherman Haight Jr. on?: Charles Sherman Haight Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Sources

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50 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).