John Bright
Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941 and confirmed by voice vote, John Bright was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1884–1948
- Appointed by
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1941
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Succeeded by
- Samuel Hamilton Kaufman
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Southern District of New York | F.D. Roosevelt (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
| Read law | 1906 |
Judicial Record
In our data, Bright authored 48 published opinions for the court (1941–1948). Most cited: De Filippis v. Chrysler Corporation (21 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1944 | De Filippis v. Chrysler Corporation | 53 F. Supp. 977 | 21 |
| 1943 | United States v. Kuhn | 49 F. Supp. 407 | 21 |
| 1944 | United States v. Improved Premises Known as No. 46-70 McLean Avenue | 54 F. Supp. 469 | 20 |
| 1942 | Amtorg Trading Corporation v. Standard Oil Co. | 47 F. Supp. 466 | 19 |
| 1942 | Freudenthal v. Hebrew Pub. Co. | 44 F. Supp. 754 | 17 |
| 1943 | FERD. MULHENS, INC. v. Higgins | 55 F. Supp. 42 | 15 |
| 1941 | Lyons-Magnus, Inc. v. American-Hawaiian S. S. Co. | 41 F. Supp. 575 | 15 |
| 1947 | Grossman v. Young | 70 F. Supp. 970 | 14 |
| 1944 | Moran Towing & Transportation Co. v. United States | 56 F. Supp. 104 | 14 |
| 1946 | Winkler-Koch Engineering Co. v. Universal Oil Products Co. (Delaware) | 70 F. Supp. 77 | 13 |
| 1944 | Grant v. Kellogg Co. | 58 F. Supp. 48 | 13 |
| 1941 | Bohn v. American Export Lines, Inc. | 42 F. Supp. 228 | 13 |
| 1947 | Porter v. American Distilling Co. | 71 F. Supp. 483 | 12 |
| 1943 | Berg v. Printers' Ink Pub. Co. | 54 F. Supp. 795 | 12 |
| 1945 | Boyd v. Bell | 64 F. Supp. 22 | 11 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 48 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 Bright?
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed John Bright to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1941.
- Was John Bright appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John Bright was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John Bright's confirmation vote?
- John Bright was confirmed by voice vote on June 3, 1941. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was John Bright on?
- John Bright was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Middletown Times Herald (NY) (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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6 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).