Joseph Eron Irenas
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Joseph Eron Irenas was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1965. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1940–2015
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1992
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Princeton 1962 · Harvard Law School 1965
- Succeeded by
- Robert B. Kugler
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | District of New Jersey | 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
| Princeton University | A.B. | 1962 |
| Harvard Law School | J.D. | 1965 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Irenas was assigned 5,930 district-court cases (1986–2015). Median time from filing to termination: 196 days across 5,914 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 107 of Irenas’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 83 were affirmed, 9 reversed or vacated, and 15 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, Irenas authored 306 published opinions for the court (1992–2011). Most cited: Maidenbaum v. Bally's Park Place, Inc. (96 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Maidenbaum v. Bally's Park Place, Inc. | 870 F. Supp. 1254 | 96 |
| 2008 | MK STRATEGIES, LLC v. Ann Taylor Stores Corp. | 567 F. Supp. 2d 729 | 65 |
| 2001 | Marrero v. Camden County Board of Social Services | 164 F. Supp. 2d 455 | 61 |
| 2001 | In Re Campbell Soup Co. Securities Litigation | 145 F. Supp. 2d 574 | 58 |
| 2002 | Christy v. Robinson | 216 F. Supp. 2d 398 | 55 |
| 1996 | Hurley v. Atlantic City Police Department | 933 F. Supp. 396 | 50 |
| 1995 | Khair v. Campbell Soup Co. | 893 F. Supp. 316 | 50 |
| 2006 | Hutchinson v. Delaware Savings Bank FSB | 410 F. Supp. 2d 374 | 48 |
| 1995 | United States v. Friedland | 879 F. Supp. 420 | 44 |
| 1996 | Bishop v. General Motors Corp. | 925 F. Supp. 294 | 43 |
| 1998 | Bowles v. City of Camden | 993 F. Supp. 255 | 42 |
| 2003 | Clark v. Burger King Corp. | 255 F. Supp. 2d 334 | 41 |
| 1994 | Bishop v. Okidata, Inc. | 864 F. Supp. 416 | 40 |
| 2002 | Yarchak v. Trek Bicycle Corp. | 208 F. Supp. 2d 470 | 39 |
| 1996 | Tyson v. Cigna Corp. | 918 F. Supp. 836 | 39 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 306 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 Joseph Eron Irenas?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Joseph Eron Irenas to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1992.
- Was Joseph Eron Irenas appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Joseph Eron Irenas 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 Joseph Eron Irenas's confirmation vote?
- Joseph Eron Irenas was confirmed by voice vote on April 8, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Joseph Eron Irenas on?
- Joseph Eron Irenas was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
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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23 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).