Who appointed Herbert Jay Stern?

President Richard M. Nixon appointed Herbert Jay Stern to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1973.

Was Herbert Jay Stern appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Herbert Jay Stern was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Herbert Jay Stern's confirmation vote?

Herbert Jay Stern was confirmed by voice vote on December 19, 1973. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of New Jersey / Appointed 1973 / Served to 1987

Herbert Jay Stern

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

Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1973 and confirmed by voice vote, Herbert Jay Stern was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He earned a law degree from University of Chicago Law School in 1961. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1936 · age 90
Appointed by: Richard M. Nixon, 1973
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Hobart College 1958 · University of Chicago Law School 1961
Succeeded: Leonard I. Garth
Succeeded by: Nicholas H. Politan

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1973	District of New Jersey succeeded Leonard I. Garth	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

Hobart College	B.A.	1958
University of Chicago Law School	J.D.	1961

Judicial Record

In our data, Stern authored 91 published opinions for the court (1974–1986). Most cited: Gelineau v. New York University Hospital (59 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1974	Gelineau v. New York University Hospital	375 F. Supp. 661	59
1984	Student Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc. v. Fritzsche, Dodge & Olcott, Inc.	579 F. Supp. 1528	49
1978	Kyriazi v. Western Electric Co.	461 F. Supp. 894	41
1986	United Food and Commercial Workers Union v. Progressive Supermarkets	644 F. Supp. 633	40
1985	Student Public Interest Research Group of New Jersey, Inc. v. AT & T Bell Laboratories	617 F. Supp. 1190	36
1978	Handsome v. RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, ETC.	445 F. Supp. 1362	31
1975	Rogers v. Exxon Research and Engineering Company	404 F. Supp. 324	29
1985	Unifoil Corp. v. Cheque Printers and Encoders Ltd.	622 F. Supp. 268	28
1979	Valentine v. Englehardt	474 F. Supp. 294	28
1978	United States v. La Duca	447 F. Supp. 779	26
1986	Morrison v. Kimmelman	650 F. Supp. 801	24
1980	Hackett v. Mulcahy	493 F. Supp. 1329	24
1980	United States v. Cryan	490 F. Supp. 1234	23
1977	Messing v. FDI, Inc.	439 F. Supp. 776	23
1979	Hluchan v. Fauver	480 F. Supp. 103	20

Showing the 15 most-cited of 91 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 Herbert Jay Stern?: President Richard M. Nixon appointed Herbert Jay Stern to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1973.
Was Herbert Jay Stern appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Herbert Jay Stern was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Herbert Jay Stern's confirmation vote?: Herbert Jay Stern was confirmed by voice vote on December 19, 1973. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Herbert Jay Stern on?: Herbert Jay Stern was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

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13 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).