John Ries Bartels
Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1959 and confirmed by voice vote, John Ries Bartels was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1923. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1897–1997
- Appointed by
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1959
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Johns Hopkins 1920 · Harvard Law School 1923
- Succeeded
- Robert Alexander Inch
- Succeeded by
- Henry Bramwell
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | Eastern District of New York succeeded Robert Alexander Inch | 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
| Johns Hopkins University | A.B. | 1920 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1923 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Bartels was assigned 818 district-court cases (1970–1996). Median time from filing to termination: 214 days across 799 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, Bartels authored 244 published opinions for the court (1959–1996). Most cited: Moscarelli v. Stamm (134 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Moscarelli v. Stamm | 288 F. Supp. 453 | 134 |
| 1967 | Merry Queen Transfer Corp. v. O'Rourke | 266 F. Supp. 605 | 57 |
| 1971 | Post v. Payton | 323 F. Supp. 799 | 55 |
| 1970 | Beckman v. Walter Kidde & Company | 316 F. Supp. 1321 | 49 |
| 1969 | Gerstle v. Gamble-Skogmo, Inc. | 298 F. Supp. 66 | 49 |
| 1990 | Neustein v. Orbach | 732 F. Supp. 333 | 48 |
| 1978 | Brunswick Corp. v. Waxman | 459 F. Supp. 1222 | 39 |
| 1974 | Rosa v. Weinberger | 381 F. Supp. 377 | 38 |
| 1971 | Karlin v. Avis | 326 F. Supp. 1325 | 37 |
| 1973 | Salem Inn, Inc. v. Frank | 364 F. Supp. 478 | 34 |
| 1973 | Johnston v. National Broadcasting Company, Inc. | 356 F. Supp. 904 | 33 |
| 1992 | Moche v. City University of New York | 781 F. Supp. 160 | 32 |
| 1979 | INA Aviation Corp. v. United States | 468 F. Supp. 695 | 32 |
| 1977 | New York State Ass'n for Retarded Children, Inc. v. Carey | 438 F. Supp. 440 | 31 |
| 1967 | Sarisohn v. Appellate Division, Second Department, Supreme Court of New York | 265 F. Supp. 455 | 31 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 244 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 John Ries Bartels?
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed John Ries Bartels to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1959.
- Was John Ries Bartels appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John Ries Bartels was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John Ries Bartels's confirmation vote?
- John Ries Bartels was confirmed by voice vote on July 28, 1959. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was John Ries Bartels on?
- John Ries Bartels 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
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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37 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).