Who appointed Janet C. Hall?

President William J. Clinton appointed Janet C. Hall to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in 1997.

Was Janet C. Hall appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Janet C. Hall 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 C. Hall's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Janet C. Hall 98–1 on September 11, 1997.

District of Connecticut / Appointed 1997 / Senior status since 2021

Janet C. Hall

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by the Senate 98–1, Janet C. Hall is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. She earned a law degree from New York University School of Law in 1973. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1948 · age 78
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1997
Confirmed: 98–1
Education: Mount Holyoke College 1970 · New York Law 1973
Succeeded: T. F. Gilroy Daly
Succeeded by: Sarah Ann Leilani Merriam

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1997	District of Connecticut succeeded T. F. Gilroy Daly	Clinton (D)	98–1

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 98–1 on September 11, 1997 · 105th Congress, Roll Call 238. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 98

45 D, 53 R

Voted against · 1

1 R

Lauch Faircloth(R-NC)

Did not vote · 1

1 R

Tim Hutchinson(R-AR)

Education

Mount Holyoke College	A.B.	1970
New York University School of Law	J.D.	1973

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hall was assigned 4,796 district-court cases (1990–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 262 days across 4,718 closed cases.

Civil rights18%

Contract15%

Other federal statutes12%

Prisoner & habeas11%

Personal-injury torts11%

Other civil matters7%

Other25%

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 231 of Hall’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 191 were affirmed, 24 reversed or vacated, and 16 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, Hall authored 240 published opinions for the court (1998–2011). Most cited: Campbell v. Astrue (42 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
2009	Campbell v. Astrue	596 F. Supp. 2d 446	42
2001	Cablevision of Southern Connecticut, Ltd. Partnership v. Smith	141 F. Supp. 2d 277	40
2009	Adams v. NATIONAL ENGINEERING SERVICE CORPORATION	620 F. Supp. 2d 319	26
2008	Waisonovitz v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad	550 F. Supp. 2d 293	25
2008	El Badrawi v. Department of Homeland Security	583 F. Supp. 2d 285	24
2008	El Badrawi v. Department of Homeland Security	579 F. Supp. 2d 249	24
2003	Charter Oak Fire Insurance v. Broan-Nutone, L.L.C.	294 F. Supp. 2d 218	23
2001	Ward v. Housatonic Area Regional Transit District	154 F. Supp. 2d 339	20
2006	Richards v. Fleetboston Financial Corp.	427 F. Supp. 2d 150	19
2002	Russo v. City of Hartford	184 F. Supp. 2d 169	19
1998	O'BRIEN v. Okemo Mountain, Inc.	17 F. Supp. 2d 98	19
2009	Tatum v. Oberg	650 F. Supp. 2d 185	18
2009	Mak Marketing, Inc. v. Kalapos	620 F. Supp. 2d 295	17
2008	Brennan v. Regional School District No. 1 Board of Education	531 F. Supp. 2d 245	17
2006	Crocco v. Advance Stores Co. Inc.	421 F. Supp. 2d 485	17

Showing the 15 most-cited of 240 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 C. Hall?: President William J. Clinton appointed Janet C. Hall to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in 1997.
Was Janet C. Hall appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Janet C. Hall 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 C. Hall's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Janet C. Hall 98–1 on September 11, 1997.
Which court is Janet C. Hall on?: Janet C. Hall is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.

Sources

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28 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).