Charles Miller Metzner
Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1959 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles Miller Metzner 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 1933. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1912–2009
- Appointed by
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1959
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Columbia 1931 · Columbia Law School 1933
- Succeeded
- John William Clancy
- Succeeded by
- Leonard Burke Sand
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Southern District of New York succeeded John William Clancy | Eisenhower (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 | A.B. | 1931 |
| Columbia Law School | LL.B. | 1933 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Metzner was assigned 111 district-court cases (1985–1997). Median time from filing to termination: 679 days across 111 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.
In our data, Metzner authored 152 published opinions for the court (1959–1991). Most cited: United States v. Guzman (101 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | United States v. Guzman | 337 F. Supp. 140 | 101 |
| 1972 | Ralston Purina Company v. Thomas J. Lipton, Inc. | 341 F. Supp. 129 | 69 |
| 1974 | Tyson v. New York City Housing Authority | 369 F. Supp. 513 | 59 |
| 1970 | Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hughes | 312 F. Supp. 478 | 59 |
| 1976 | Azzaro v. Harnett | 414 F. Supp. 473 | 41 |
| 1974 | Bolger v. Laventhol, Krekstein, Horwath & Horwath | 381 F. Supp. 260 | 40 |
| 1972 | City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corporation | 356 F. Supp. 1380 | 39 |
| 1970 | Albert Levine Associates v. Bertoni & Cotti | 314 F. Supp. 169 | 39 |
| 1969 | United States v. De Sapio | 299 F. Supp. 436 | 39 |
| 1969 | Zucker Ex Rel. Zucker v. Panitz | 299 F. Supp. 102 | 37 |
| 1969 | Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hughes | 308 F. Supp. 679 | 36 |
| 1971 | Doe v. a CORP. | 330 F. Supp. 1352 | 35 |
| 1973 | United States v. Dornau | 359 F. Supp. 684 | 34 |
| 1971 | Mulvihill v. Julia L. Butterfield Memorial Hospital | 329 F. Supp. 1020 | 32 |
| 1970 | Trans World Airlines, Inc. v. Hughes | 314 F. Supp. 94 | 32 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 152 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 Miller Metzner?
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Charles Miller Metzner to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1959.
- Was Charles Miller Metzner appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Charles Miller Metzner was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Charles Miller Metzner's confirmation vote?
- Charles Miller Metzner was confirmed by voice vote on September 9, 1959. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Charles Miller Metzner on?
- Charles Miller Metzner 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
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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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).