Who appointed Katharine Sweeney Hayden?

President William J. Clinton appointed Katharine Sweeney Hayden to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1997.

Was Katharine Sweeney Hayden appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Katharine Sweeney Hayden was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Katharine Sweeney Hayden's confirmation vote?

The Senate confirmed Katharine Sweeney Hayden 97–0 on September 25, 1997.

District of New Jersey / Appointed 1997 / Senior status since 2010

Katharine Sweeney Hayden

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by the Senate 97–0, Katharine Sweeney Hayden is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. She earned a law degree from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1975. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1942 · age 84
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1997
Confirmed: 97–0
Education: Marymount Manhattan College 1963 · Seton Hall Law 1975
Succeeded: H. Lee Sarokin
Succeeded by: Esther Salas

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1997	District of New Jersey succeeded H. Lee Sarokin	Clinton (D)	97–0

Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own.

Confirmation vote

Nomination Confirmed 97–0 on September 25, 1997 · 105th Congress, Roll Call 259. Each senator links to their judicial-voting record.

Voted to confirm · 97

43 D, 54 R

Did not vote · 3

2 D, 1 R

Education

Marymount Manhattan College	B.A.	1963
Seton Hall University	M.A.	1971
Seton Hall University School of Law	J.D.	1975

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hayden was assigned 6,191 district-court cases (1986–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 204 days across 5,966 closed cases.

Contract18%

Personal-injury torts13%

Labor & ERISA12%

Civil rights11%

Other federal statutes10%

Other civil matters9%

Other27%

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 154 of Hayden’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 113 were affirmed, 18 reversed or vacated, and 23 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, Hayden authored 21 published opinions for the court (1999–2011). Most cited: Goldwell of New Jersey, Inc. v. KPSS, INC. (29 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
2009	Goldwell of New Jersey, Inc. v. KPSS, INC.	622 F. Supp. 2d 168	29
2008	United States v. Grober	595 F. Supp. 2d 382	29
2002	State Farm Indemnity v. Fornaro	227 F. Supp. 2d 229	22
1999	Monmouth-Ocean Collection Service, Inc. v. Klor	46 F. Supp. 2d 385	17
2009	Parker v. Pressler & Pressler, LLP	650 F. Supp. 2d 326	14
2004	DirecTV, Inc. v. DeCroce	332 F. Supp. 2d 715	14
1999	Krantz v. Prudential Investments Fund Management LLC	77 F. Supp. 2d 559	11
1999	MDC Investment Property, L.L.C. v. Marando	44 F. Supp. 2d 693	11
2009	Schering-Plough Corp. v. United States	651 F. Supp. 2d 219	9
2009	Schwartz v. Hilton Hotels Corp.	639 F. Supp. 2d 467	9
2011	MG v. Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education	804 F. Supp. 2d 305	8
2009	Vitarroz Corp. v. G. Willi Food International Ltd.	637 F. Supp. 2d 238	8
2004	In Re Schering-Plough Corp. ERISA Litigation	387 F. Supp. 2d 392	7
2009	Landsman & Funk, P.C. v. Skinder-Strauss Associates	636 F. Supp. 2d 359	3
2008	Freeman v. Fischer	563 F. Supp. 2d 493	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 21 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 Katharine Sweeney Hayden?: President William J. Clinton appointed Katharine Sweeney Hayden to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1997.
Was Katharine Sweeney Hayden appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Katharine Sweeney Hayden was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Katharine Sweeney Hayden's confirmation vote?: The Senate confirmed Katharine Sweeney Hayden 97–0 on September 25, 1997.
Which court is Katharine Sweeney Hayden on?: Katharine Sweeney Hayden is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Sources

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28 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).