David G. Trager
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1993 and confirmed by voice vote, David G. Trager was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1962. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1937–2011
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1993
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Columbia 1959 · Harvard Law School 1962
- Succeeded by
- Roslynn Renee Mauskopf
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Eastern District of New York | Clinton (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
| Columbia University | B.A. | 1959 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1962 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Trager was assigned 4,647 district-court cases (1984–2010). Median time from filing to termination: 263 days across 4,646 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 59 of Trager’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 50 were affirmed, 6 reversed or vacated, and 3 affirmed in part and reversed in part. 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, Trager authored 175 published opinions for the court (1994–2010). Most cited: Mejia v. City of New York (87 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Mejia v. City of New York | 119 F. Supp. 2d 232 | 87 |
| 2009 | Horowitz v. Stryker Corp. | 613 F. Supp. 2d 271 | 73 |
| 2003 | In Re Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride Antitrust Litigation | 261 F. Supp. 2d 188 | 50 |
| 2010 | TADCO Construction Corp. v. Dormitory Authority | 700 F. Supp. 2d 253 | 45 |
| 1997 | Van-Go Transport Co., Inc. v. New York City Bd. of Educ. | 971 F. Supp. 90 | 42 |
| 1999 | United States v. Rodrigues | 68 F. Supp. 2d 178 | 40 |
| 2003 | Sharp International Corp. v. State Street Bank & Trust Co. (In Re Sharp International Corp.) | 302 B.R. 760 | 36 |
| 2001 | In Re Ciprofloxacin Hydrochloride Antitrust Litigation | 166 F. Supp. 2d 740 | 36 |
| 2000 | Commodari v. Long Island University | 89 F. Supp. 2d 353 | 35 |
| 1999 | Sita v. Danek Medical, Inc. | 43 F. Supp. 2d 245 | 34 |
| 2001 | Fink v. City of New York | 129 F. Supp. 2d 511 | 32 |
| 2001 | Amorgianos v. National Railroad Passenger Corp. | 137 F. Supp. 2d 147 | 29 |
| 2000 | Abernathy-Thomas Engineering Co. v. Pall Corp. | 103 F. Supp. 2d 582 | 25 |
| 1996 | Canet v. Gooch Ware Travelstead | 917 F. Supp. 969 | 22 |
| 2010 | Coffaro v. Crespo | 721 F. Supp. 2d 141 | 21 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 175 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 G. Trager?
- President William J. Clinton appointed David G. Trager to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1993.
- Was David G. Trager appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- David G. Trager was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was David G. Trager's confirmation vote?
- David G. Trager was confirmed by voice vote on November 20, 1993. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was David G. Trager on?
- David G. Trager 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
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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17 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).