Janet Bond Arterton
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1995 and confirmed by voice vote, Janet Bond Arterton is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. She earned a law degree from Northeastern University School of Law in 1977. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1944 · age 82
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1995
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Mount Holyoke College 1966 · Northeastern Law 1977
- Succeeded
- José Alberto Cabranes
- Succeeded by
- Victor Allen Bolden
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | District of Connecticut succeeded José Alberto Cabranes | Clinton (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
| Mount Holyoke College | B.A. | 1966 |
| Northeastern University School of Law | J.D. | 1977 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Arterton was assigned 5,068 district-court cases (1978–2023). Median time from filing to termination: 280 days across 5,054 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.
On appeal
Of 185 of Arterton’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 151 were affirmed, 16 reversed or vacated, and 18 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, Arterton authored 564 published opinions for the court (1995–2011). Most cited: Roller Bearing Co. of America, Inc. v. American Software, Inc. (90 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Roller Bearing Co. of America, Inc. v. American Software, Inc. | 570 F. Supp. 2d 376 | 90 |
| 2005 | Nicholson v. Lenczewski | 356 F. Supp. 2d 157 | 89 |
| 2008 | Arista Records LLC v. DOES 1-4 | 589 F. Supp. 2d 151 | 60 |
| 2004 | Long Term Capital Holdings v. United States | 330 F. Supp. 2d 122 | 55 |
| 2005 | Goins v. JBC & Associates, P.C. | 352 F. Supp. 2d 262 | 38 |
| 2007 | Curcio v. Hartford Financial Services Group | 472 F. Supp. 2d 239 | 30 |
| 1996 | Doe v. Doe | 929 F. Supp. 608 | 27 |
| 2008 | Vaden v. Connecticut | 557 F. Supp. 2d 279 | 23 |
| 2007 | Neary v. Metropolitan Property & Casualty Insurance | 517 F. Supp. 2d 606 | 23 |
| 2006 | Doe Ex Rel. Doe v. Derby Board of Education | 451 F. Supp. 2d 438 | 23 |
| 2000 | Johnson v. Schmitz | 119 F. Supp. 2d 90 | 22 |
| 2000 | Daddona v. Gaudio | 156 F. Supp. 2d 153 | 20 |
| 1997 | Correll v. Equifax Check Services, Inc. | 234 B.R. 8 | 20 |
| 1997 | United Technologies Corp. v. American Home Assurance Co. | 989 F. Supp. 128 | 20 |
| 2002 | Wilson v. Midway Games, Inc. | 198 F. Supp. 2d 167 | 19 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 564 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 Janet Bond Arterton?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Janet Bond Arterton to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in 1995.
- Was Janet Bond Arterton appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Janet Bond Arterton was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Janet Bond Arterton's confirmation vote?
- Janet Bond Arterton was confirmed by voice vote on March 24, 1995. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Janet Bond Arterton on?
- Janet Bond Arterton is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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31 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).