Jacob Mishler
Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1960 and confirmed by voice vote, Jacob Mishler was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He earned a law degree from New York University School of Law in 1933. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1911–2004
- Appointed by
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1960
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- New York 1931 · New York Law 1933
- Succeeded
- Mortimer W. Byers
- Succeeded by
- Israel Leo Glasser
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Eastern District of New York succeeded Mortimer W. Byers | Eisenhower (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
| New York University | B.S. | 1931 |
| New York University School of Law | J.D. | 1933 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Mishler was assigned 2,188 district-court cases (1965–2002). Median time from filing to termination: 344 days across 1,905 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.
In our data, Mishler authored 168 published opinions for the court (1960–2001). Most cited: Kajtazi v. Kajtazi (64 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Kajtazi v. Kajtazi | 488 F. Supp. 15 | 64 |
| 1981 | Donovan v. Bierwirth | 538 F. Supp. 463 | 50 |
| 1981 | Kunstsammlungen Zu Weimar v. Elicofon | 536 F. Supp. 829 | 35 |
| 1978 | Whitaker v. Board of Higher Ed. of City of New York | 461 F. Supp. 99 | 35 |
| 1971 | Fashion Two Twenty, Inc. v. Steinberg | 339 F. Supp. 836 | 34 |
| 1990 | FDIC v. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott | 754 F. Supp. 22 | 32 |
| 1978 | Marshall v. Teamsters Local 282 Pension Trust Fund | 458 F. Supp. 986 | 31 |
| 1977 | Mosley v. National Maritime Union Pension & Welfare Plan | 438 F. Supp. 413 | 31 |
| 2000 | Weber v. King | 110 F. Supp. 2d 124 | 26 |
| 1976 | Donohue v. Board of Elections of State of NY | 435 F. Supp. 957 | 26 |
| 1967 | Kantlehner v. United States | 279 F. Supp. 122 | 26 |
| 1983 | Transport Limousine of Long Island, Inc. v. Port Authority | 571 F. Supp. 576 | 25 |
| 1982 | In Re Acevedo | 26 B.R. 994 | 25 |
| 1996 | Francis v. Runyon | 928 F. Supp. 195 | 23 |
| 1973 | In Re the Extradition of Ryan | 360 F. Supp. 270 | 23 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 168 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 Jacob Mishler?
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Jacob Mishler to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1960.
- Was Jacob Mishler appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Jacob Mishler was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Jacob Mishler's confirmation vote?
- Jacob Mishler was confirmed by voice vote on July 2, 1960. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Jacob Mishler on?
- Jacob Mishler 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
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43 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).