Clarkson Sherman Fisher
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1970 and confirmed by voice vote, Clarkson Sherman Fisher was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He earned a law degree from Notre Dame Law School in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1921–1997
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1970
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Notre Dame Law School 1950
- Succeeded
- Reynier Jacob Wortendyke Jr.
- Succeeded by
- John C. Lifland
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | District of New Jersey succeeded Reynier Jacob Wortendyke Jr. | 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
| Notre Dame Law School | LL.B. | 1950 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Fisher was assigned 1,561 district-court cases (1982–1997). Median time from filing to termination: 193 days across 1,561 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, Fisher authored 148 published opinions for the court (1970–1997). Most cited: Curtin v. Harris (81 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Curtin v. Harris | 508 F. Supp. 791 | 81 |
| 1980 | Gilliam v. Edwards | 492 F. Supp. 1255 | 63 |
| 1988 | Southland Corp. v. Ashland Oil, Inc. | 696 F. Supp. 994 | 60 |
| 1976 | Hodges v. Klein | 412 F. Supp. 896 | 47 |
| 1989 | Snyder v. Baumecker | 708 F. Supp. 1451 | 34 |
| 1970 | Joyce v. McCrane | 320 F. Supp. 1284 | 34 |
| 1979 | Behring International, Inc. v. Imperial Iranian Air Force | 475 F. Supp. 383 | 31 |
| 1983 | Broad National Bank v. Kadison | 26 B.R. 1015 | 30 |
| 1982 | Wolf Ex Rel. Wolf v. Procter & Gamble Co. | 555 F. Supp. 613 | 27 |
| 1981 | Foodtown v. Sigma Marketing Systems, Inc. | 518 F. Supp. 485 | 26 |
| 1992 | Thompson v. Johnson & Johnson Management Information Center | 783 F. Supp. 893 | 25 |
| 1979 | Schmid Laboratories v. Youngs Drug Products Corp. | 482 F. Supp. 14 | 24 |
| 1997 | Gaul v. AT & T, INC. | 955 F. Supp. 346 | 23 |
| 1989 | SBK Catalogue Partnership v. Orion Pictures Corp. | 723 F. Supp. 1053 | 23 |
| 1978 | Township of Long Beach v. City of New York | 445 F. Supp. 1203 | 22 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 148 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 Clarkson Sherman Fisher?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Clarkson Sherman Fisher to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1970.
- Was Clarkson Sherman Fisher appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Clarkson Sherman Fisher was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Clarkson Sherman Fisher's confirmation vote?
- Clarkson Sherman Fisher was confirmed by voice vote on October 13, 1970. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Clarkson Sherman Fisher on?
- Clarkson Sherman Fisher was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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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26 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).