Charles Proctor Sifton
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles Proctor Sifton was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1961. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1935–2009
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1977
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Harvard College 1957 · Columbia Law School 1961
- Succeeded
- John Francis Dooling Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Nicholas Garaufis
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Eastern District of New York succeeded John Francis Dooling Jr. | 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
| Harvard College | B.A. | 1957 |
| Columbia Law School | LL.B. | 1961 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Sifton was assigned 5,073 district-court cases (1972–2009). Median time from filing to termination: 247 days across 5,068 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 43 of Sifton’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 40 were affirmed, 3 reversed or vacated. 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, Sifton authored 180 published opinions for the court (1978–2009). Most cited: Esmont v. City of New York (88 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Esmont v. City of New York | 371 F. Supp. 2d 202 | 88 |
| 2009 | Bravado International Group Merchandising Services, Inc. v. Ninna, Inc. | 655 F. Supp. 2d 177 | 76 |
| 1993 | Thomas v. New York City | 814 F. Supp. 1139 | 60 |
| 1988 | Underwood v. Kelly | 692 F. Supp. 146 | 49 |
| 2009 | Kuklachev v. Gelfman | 600 F. Supp. 2d 437 | 47 |
| 1994 | Haskel v. FPR Registry, Inc. | 862 F. Supp. 909 | 41 |
| 2008 | Teamsters Local 814 Welfare Fund v. Dahill Moving & Storage Co. | 545 F. Supp. 2d 260 | 36 |
| 2009 | Goldberg v. UBS AG | 660 F. Supp. 2d 410 | 35 |
| 2009 | Wong v. Yoo | 649 F. Supp. 2d 34 | 35 |
| 2009 | TZ EX REL. CG v. City of New York | 634 F. Supp. 2d 263 | 30 |
| 2006 | Weiss v. National Westminster Bank PLC | 453 F. Supp. 2d 609 | 30 |
| 1983 | Tetley, Inc. v. Topps Chewing Gum, Inc. | 556 F. Supp. 785 | 29 |
| 2006 | Diaz v. Paragon Motors of Woodside, Inc. | 424 F. Supp. 2d 519 | 27 |
| 2009 | Fleming v. MaxMara USA, Inc. | 644 F. Supp. 2d 247 | 25 |
| 1986 | Lewis v. Gross | 663 F. Supp. 1164 | 25 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 180 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 Proctor Sifton?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Charles Proctor Sifton to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1977.
- Was Charles Proctor Sifton appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Charles Proctor Sifton was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Charles Proctor Sifton's confirmation vote?
- Charles Proctor Sifton was confirmed by voice vote on October 12, 1977. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Charles Proctor Sifton on?
- Charles Proctor Sifton was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern 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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32 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).