John S. Martin Jr.
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 and confirmed by voice vote, John S. Martin Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1961. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1935 · age 91
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1990
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Manhattan College 1957 · Columbia Law School 1961
- Succeeded
- Edward Weinfeld
- Succeeded by
- Stephen C. Robinson
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Southern District of New York succeeded Edward Weinfeld | G.H.W. Bush (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
| Manhattan College | B.A. | 1957 |
| Columbia Law School | LL.B. | 1961 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Martin was assigned 3,796 district-court cases (1974–2003). Median time from filing to termination: 280 days across 3,796 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 18 of Martin’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 18 were affirmed, 0 reversed or vacated. 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, Martin authored 59 published opinions for the court (1983–2002). Most cited: Sudul v. Computer Outsourcing Services (40 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Sudul v. Computer Outsourcing Services | 868 F. Supp. 59 | 40 |
| 1992 | Van Brunt v. Rauschenberg | 799 F. Supp. 1467 | 29 |
| 1993 | National Railroad Passenger Corp. v. New York City Housing Auth. | 819 F. Supp. 1271 | 26 |
| 1995 | Mass v. McClenahan | 893 F. Supp. 225 | 22 |
| 1993 | Westinghouse Electric Corp. v. '21' International Holdings, Inc. | 821 F. Supp. 212 | 18 |
| 1991 | O'NEIL v. Gencorp, Inc. | 764 F. Supp. 833 | 18 |
| 1994 | In Re D & W Realty Corp. | 165 B.R. 127 | 17 |
| 1994 | Ames v. Clifford | 863 F. Supp. 175 | 15 |
| 1993 | LTV Steel Co. v. Shalala (In Re Chateaugay Corp.) | 154 B.R. 416 | 15 |
| 1998 | United States v. Reynoso | 6 F. Supp. 2d 269 | 11 |
| 1995 | Altman v. New York City Health and Hospitals Corp. | 903 F. Supp. 503 | 11 |
| 1993 | Mussington Ex Rel. Jacobs v. St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center | 824 F. Supp. 427 | 11 |
| 1993 | Clark & Freeman Corp. v. Heartland Co. Ltd. | 811 F. Supp. 137 | 11 |
| 1992 | Stein v. McGraw-Hill, Inc. | 782 F. Supp. 207 | 11 |
| 2001 | McCalvin v. Senkowski | 160 F. Supp. 2d 586 | 10 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 59 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 S. Martin Jr.?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed John S. Martin Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1990.
- Was John S. Martin Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John S. Martin Jr. was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John S. Martin Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- John S. Martin Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on April 5, 1990. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was John S. Martin Jr. on?
- John S. Martin Jr. 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
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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13 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).