Who appointed David Norton Edelstein?

President Harry S Truman appointed David Norton Edelstein to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1952.

Was David Norton Edelstein appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

David Norton Edelstein was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was David Norton Edelstein's confirmation vote?

David Norton Edelstein was confirmed by voice vote on April 7, 1952. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of New York / Appointed 1952 / Served to 2000

David Norton Edelstein

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

Appointed by President Harry S Truman in 1952 and confirmed by voice vote, David Norton Edelstein was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Fordham University School of Law. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1910–2000
Appointed by: Harry S Truman, 1952
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Fordham · Fordham Law
Succeeded: Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr.
Succeeded by: Jed Saul Rakoff

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1952	Southern District of New York succeeded Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr.	Truman (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

Fordham University	B.S.
Fordham University	M.A.
Fordham University School of Law	LL.B.

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Edelstein was assigned 804 district-court cases (1970–1999). Median time from filing to termination: 856 days across 804 closed cases.

Contract30%

Prisoner & habeas13%

Personal-injury torts12%

Labor & ERISA9%

Civil rights8%

Antitrust, securities & banking6%

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.

In our data, Edelstein authored 430 published opinions for the court (1952–2000). Most cited: Greene v. WCI Holdings Corp. (139 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1997	Greene v. WCI Holdings Corp.	956 F. Supp. 509	139
1991	Drexel Burnham Lambert Group, Inc. v. Vigilant Insurance Co.	130 B.R. 405	83
1990	United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters	728 F. Supp. 1032	83
1973	Yonofsky v. Wernick	362 F. Supp. 1005	82
1997	Cespedes v. Coughlin	956 F. Supp. 454	70
1985	Finkle and Ross v. AG Becker Paribas, Inc.	622 F. Supp. 1505	63
1989	United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters	708 F. Supp. 1388	52
1985	United States v. Payden	613 F. Supp. 800	52
2000	Rapoport v. Asia Electronics Holding Co., Inc.	88 F. Supp. 2d 179	51
1985	Pascariello v. Heckler	621 F. Supp. 1032	48
1990	United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen & Helpers of America	745 F. Supp. 908	47
1982	Landmark Capital Co. v. North Central Development Co. (In Re Landmark Capital Co.)	20 B.R. 220	46
1990	United States v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters	743 F. Supp. 155	43
1963	United States v. Mirra	220 F. Supp. 361	42
1985	Fischer v. CGA Computer Associates, Inc.	612 F. Supp. 1038	41

Showing the 15 most-cited of 430 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 David Norton Edelstein?: President Harry S Truman appointed David Norton Edelstein to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1952.
Was David Norton Edelstein appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: David Norton Edelstein was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was David Norton Edelstein's confirmation vote?: David Norton Edelstein was confirmed by voice vote on April 7, 1952. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was David Norton Edelstein on?: David Norton Edelstein was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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48 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).