Charles E. Stewart Jr.
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1972 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles E. Stewart Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1916–1994
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1972
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Harvard 1938 · Harvard Law School 1948
- Succeeded
- Sidney Sugarman
- Succeeded by
- Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Southern District of New York succeeded Sidney Sugarman | 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
| Harvard University | B.A. | 1938 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1948 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Stewart was assigned 162 district-court cases (1978–1993). Median time from filing to termination: 421 days across 162 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, Stewart authored 138 published opinions for the court (1973–1994). Most cited: Powell v. Ward (70 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Powell v. Ward | 487 F. Supp. 917 | 70 |
| 1982 | Fund of Funds, Ltd. v. Arthur Andersen & Co. | 545 F. Supp. 1314 | 64 |
| 1979 | Peck v. United States | 470 F. Supp. 1003 | 53 |
| 1975 | Price v. Hal Roach Studios, Inc. | 400 F. Supp. 836 | 50 |
| 1982 | United States v. Abrams | 539 F. Supp. 378 | 49 |
| 1988 | Department of Economic Development v. Arthur Andersen & Co. (U.S.A.) | 683 F. Supp. 1463 | 37 |
| 1977 | City of New York v. Darling-Delaware | 440 F. Supp. 1132 | 37 |
| 1993 | Hardy v. Kaszycki & Sons Contractors, Inc. | 842 F. Supp. 713 | 36 |
| 1989 | Meriwether v. Coughlin | 727 F. Supp. 823 | 36 |
| 1975 | Powell v. Ward | 392 F. Supp. 628 | 36 |
| 1975 | Lehigh Valley Industries, Inc. v. Birenbaum | 389 F. Supp. 798 | 33 |
| 1990 | Department of Economic Development v. Arthur Andersen & Co. (U.S.A.) | 747 F. Supp. 922 | 32 |
| 1982 | Leasing Service Corp. v. Broetje | 545 F. Supp. 362 | 30 |
| 1975 | First National City Bank v. Nanz, Inc. | 437 F. Supp. 184 | 30 |
| 1984 | Maiden v. Biehl | 582 F. Supp. 1209 | 29 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 138 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 E. Stewart Jr.?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Charles E. Stewart Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1972.
- Was Charles E. Stewart Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Charles E. Stewart 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 E. Stewart Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Charles E. Stewart Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on June 28, 1972. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Charles E. Stewart Jr. on?
- Charles E. Stewart 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
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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22 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).