Who appointed Garrett E. Brown Jr.?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Garrett E. Brown Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1985.

Was Garrett E. Brown Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Garrett E. Brown Jr. was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Garrett E. Brown Jr.'s confirmation vote?

Garrett E. Brown Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on December 16, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of New Jersey / Appointed 1985 / Served to 2012

Garrett E. Brown Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Garrett E. Brown Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He earned a law degree from Duke University School of Law in 1968. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1943 · age 83
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1985
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Lafayette College 1965 · Duke Law 1968
Succeeded by: Kevin McNulty

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1985	District of New Jersey	Reagan (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

Lafayette College	A.B.	1965
Duke University School of Law	J.D.	1968

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Brown was assigned 6,396 district-court cases (1981–2011). Median time from filing to termination: 275 days across 6,394 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts18%

Contract17%

Prisoner & habeas16%

Civil rights13%

Labor & ERISA9%

Other federal statutes6%

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.

On appeal

Of 102 of Brown’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 92 were affirmed, 5 reversed or vacated, and 5 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, Brown authored 64 published opinions for the court (1986–2010). Most cited: Doe v. Division of Youth and Family Services (95 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
2001	Doe v. Division of Youth and Family Services	148 F. Supp. 2d 462	95
2008	Animal Science Products, Inc. v. China National Metals & Minerals Import & Export Corp.	596 F. Supp. 2d 842	88
2006	Wyeth v. RANBAXY LABORATORIES LIMITED	448 F. Supp. 2d 607	44
2000	Charlie H. v. Whitman	83 F. Supp. 2d 476	40
1997	Kish v. Verniero (In Re Kish)	212 B.R. 808	30
2001	Bayer AG v. Schein Pharmaceutical, Inc.	129 F. Supp. 2d 705	29
1996	SC Holdings, Inc. v. A.A.A. Realty Co.	935 F. Supp. 1354	27
1995	Stehney v. Perry	907 F. Supp. 806	27
1990	Matter of Bh & P, Inc.	119 B.R. 35	26
1990	Pension Fund-Mid Jersey Trucking Industry-Local 701 v. Omni Funding Group	731 F. Supp. 161	26
2010	In Re Synchronoss Securities Litigation	705 F. Supp. 2d 367	25
1996	College Savings Bank v. Florida Prepaid Postsecondary Education Expense Board	948 F. Supp. 400	24
2009	In Re G-1 Holdings Inc.	420 B.R. 216	23
2008	Church & Dwight Co. v. Abbott Laboratories	545 F. Supp. 2d 447	23
1995	Coast Cities Truck Sales, Inc. v. Navistar International Transportation Co.	912 F. Supp. 747	23

Showing the 15 most-cited of 64 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 Garrett E. Brown Jr.?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Garrett E. Brown Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1985.
Was Garrett E. Brown Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Garrett E. Brown Jr. was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Garrett E. Brown Jr.'s confirmation vote?: Garrett E. Brown Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on December 16, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Garrett E. Brown Jr. on?: Garrett E. Brown Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Sources

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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).