Who appointed Henry Curtis Meanor?

President Richard M. Nixon appointed Henry Curtis Meanor to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1974.

Was Henry Curtis Meanor appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Henry Curtis Meanor was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Henry Curtis Meanor's confirmation vote?

Henry Curtis Meanor was confirmed by voice vote on June 13, 1974. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of New Jersey / Appointed 1974 / Served to 1983

Henry Curtis Meanor

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

Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1974 and confirmed by voice vote, Henry Curtis Meanor 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 1955. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1929–2008
Appointed by: Richard M. Nixon, 1974
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Rutgers 1952 · Rutgers Law -- Newark 1955
Succeeded: John Joseph Kitchen
Succeeded by: Maryanne Trump Barry

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1974	District of New Jersey succeeded John Joseph Kitchen	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

Rutgers University	B.A.	1952
Rutgers School of Law -- Newark	LL.B.	1955

Judicial Record

In our data, Meanor authored 32 published opinions for the court (1976–1983). Most cited: Midway Mfg. Co. v. Bandai-America, Inc. (46 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1982	Midway Mfg. Co. v. Bandai-America, Inc.	546 F. Supp. 125	46
1976	Bennun v. BOARD OF GOVERNORS OF RUTGERS, ETC.	413 F. Supp. 1274	40
1977	New York Times Co. v. Roxbury Data Interface, Inc.	434 F. Supp. 217	32
1978	Cohn v. G. D. Searle & Co.	447 F. Supp. 903	21
1978	Public Funds for Public Schools of NJ v. Byrne	444 F. Supp. 1228	19
1980	United States v. Friedland	502 F. Supp. 611	15
1977	Malnak v. Yogi	440 F. Supp. 1284	15
1981	Hilliard v. New Jersey Army National Guard	527 F. Supp. 405	14
1980	Michota v. Anheuser-Busch, Inc.	526 F. Supp. 299	14
1981	Blackwell v. Power Test Corp.	540 F. Supp. 802	13
1981	Mayer v. Development Corp. of America	541 F. Supp. 828	13
1980	United States v. Articles of Drug . . . Hormonin	498 F. Supp. 424	13
1979	Newark Motor Inn Corp. v. Holiday Inns, Inc.	472 F. Supp. 1143	12
1979	Birotte v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.	468 F. Supp. 1172	11
1978	Zenith Laboratories, Inc. v. Eli Lilly and Co.	460 F. Supp. 812	11

Showing the 15 most-cited of 32 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 Henry Curtis Meanor?: President Richard M. Nixon appointed Henry Curtis Meanor to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1974.
Was Henry Curtis Meanor appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Henry Curtis Meanor was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Henry Curtis Meanor's confirmation vote?: Henry Curtis Meanor was confirmed by voice vote on June 13, 1974. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Henry Curtis Meanor on?: Henry Curtis Meanor was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

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8 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).