Who appointed Harold Arnold Ackerman?

President Jimmy Carter appointed Harold Arnold Ackerman to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1979.

Was Harold Arnold Ackerman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Harold Arnold Ackerman was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Harold Arnold Ackerman's confirmation vote?

Harold Arnold Ackerman was confirmed by voice vote on October 31, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of New Jersey / Appointed 1979 / Served to 2009

Harold Arnold Ackerman

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

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Harold Arnold Ackerman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He earned a law degree from Rutgers School of Law -- Newark in 1951. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1928–2009
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1979
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Rutgers Law -- Newark 1951
Succeeded: George Herbert Barlow
Succeeded by: William H. Walls

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1979	District of New Jersey succeeded George Herbert Barlow	Carter (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

Rutgers School of Law -- Newark

LL.B.

1951

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Ackerman was assigned 3,544 district-court cases (1979–2009). Median time from filing to termination: 232 days across 3,541 closed cases.

Contract26%

Personal-injury torts21%

Labor & ERISA14%

Other federal statutes10%

Civil rights6%

Prisoner & habeas6%

Other16%

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 30 of Ackerman’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 30 were affirmed, 0 reversed or vacated. 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, Ackerman authored 160 published opinions for the court (1980–2009). Most cited: Oritani Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. (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
1990	Oritani Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Fidelity & Deposit Co.	744 F. Supp. 1311	95
2004	Crowley v. Chait	322 F. Supp. 2d 530	70
2000	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Antar	120 F. Supp. 2d 431	67
1984	Skadegaard v. Farrell	578 F. Supp. 1209	66
1989	Prudential Insurance Co. of America v. United States Gypsum	711 F. Supp. 1244	61
1986	Kronfeld v. First Jersey National Bank	638 F. Supp. 1454	53
1993	Mayor and Council v. Klockner & Klockner	811 F. Supp. 1039	49
1982	Petrella v. NL Industries, Inc.	529 F. Supp. 1357	49
2009	Eisai Co., Ltd. v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.	629 F. Supp. 2d 416	48
1992	Transtech Industries, Inc. v. a & Z SEPTIC CLEAN	798 F. Supp. 1079	43
1980	Poole v. South Plainfield Board of Education	490 F. Supp. 948	42
1989	Perez v. Cucci	725 F. Supp. 209	41
1988	Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. American Metal Exchange Corp.	693 F. Supp. 168	41
1987	Pelham v. United States	661 F. Supp. 1063	41
1984	United States v. Local 560, International Brotherhood of Teamsters, Chauffeurs, Warehousemen, & Helpers	581 F. Supp. 279	39

Showing the 15 most-cited of 160 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 Harold Arnold Ackerman?: President Jimmy Carter appointed Harold Arnold Ackerman to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1979.
Was Harold Arnold Ackerman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Harold Arnold Ackerman was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Harold Arnold Ackerman's confirmation vote?: Harold Arnold Ackerman was confirmed by voice vote on October 31, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Harold Arnold Ackerman on?: Harold Arnold Ackerman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Sources

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30 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).