Who appointed Jon Ormond Newman?

President Jimmy Carter appointed Jon Ormond Newman to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1979.

Was Jon Ormond Newman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Jon Ormond Newman was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Jon Ormond Newman's confirmation vote?

Jon Ormond Newman was confirmed by voice vote on June 19, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Second Circuit / Appointed 1979 / Senior status since 1997

Jon Ormond Newman

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Jon Ormond Newman is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1956. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1932 · age 94
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1979
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Princeton 1953 · Yale Law School 1956
Succeeded by: Robert A. Katzmann

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1971	District of Connecticut succeeded William Homer Timbers	Nixon (R)	Voice vote
1979	Second Circuit	Carter (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

Princeton University	A.B.	1953
Yale Law School	LL.B.	1956

Judicial Record

In our data, Newman authored 137 published opinions for the court (1972–2008). Most cited: Smith v. Ambrogio (66 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1978	Smith v. Ambrogio	456 F. Supp. 1130	66
1975	United States v. Moeller	402 F. Supp. 49	60
1974	Lupo v. Norton	371 F. Supp. 156	59
1976	United States v. Robinson	421 F. Supp. 467	51
1972	Committee to Stop Route 7 v. Volpe	346 F. Supp. 731	48
1975	Cryomedics, Inc. v. Spembly, Limited	397 F. Supp. 287	45
1978	Long v. Abbott Mortgage Corp.	459 F. Supp. 108	44
1979	United States v. Dunbar	470 F. Supp. 704	43
1977	Pandis v. Sikorsky Aircraft Division of United Technologies Corp.	431 F. Supp. 793	43
1973	Bridgeport Guardians, Inc. v. Members of Bridgeport Civil Service Commission	354 F. Supp. 778	43
1973	Battle v. Norton	365 F. Supp. 925	40
1978	National Carriers' Conference Committee v. Heffernan	454 F. Supp. 914	38
1977	Moskowitz v. Wilkinson	432 F. Supp. 947	38
1972	In Re Cardassi	351 F. Supp. 1080	38
1978	Pervel Industries, Inc. v. State of Connecticut Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities	468 F. Supp. 490	34

Showing the 15 most-cited of 137 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 Jon Ormond Newman?: President Jimmy Carter appointed Jon Ormond Newman to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1979.
Was Jon Ormond Newman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Jon Ormond Newman was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Jon Ormond Newman's confirmation vote?: Jon Ormond Newman was confirmed by voice vote on June 19, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Jon Ormond Newman on?: Jon Ormond Newman is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Sources

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47 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).