Who appointed Maryanne Trump Barry?

President William J. Clinton appointed Maryanne Trump Barry to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1999.

Was Maryanne Trump Barry appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Maryanne Trump Barry was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Maryanne Trump Barry's confirmation vote?

Maryanne Trump Barry was confirmed by voice vote on September 13, 1999. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Third Circuit / Appointed 1999 / Served to 2019

Maryanne Trump Barry

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

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1999 and confirmed by voice vote, Maryanne Trump Barry was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. She earned a law degree from Hofstra University School of Law in 1974. She previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1937–2023
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1999
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Mount Holyoke College 1958 · Hofstra Law 1974
Succeeded: H. Lee Sarokin
Succeeded by: Patty Shwartz

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1983	District of New Jersey succeeded Henry Curtis Meanor	Reagan (R)	Voice vote
1999	Third Circuit succeeded H. Lee Sarokin	Clinton (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

Mount Holyoke College	B.A.	1958
Columbia University	M.A.	1962
Hofstra University School of Law	J.D.	1974

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Barry was assigned 3,195 district-court cases (1984–1999). Median time from filing to termination: 184 days across 3,194 closed cases.

Contract23%

Personal-injury torts16%

Civil rights13%

Labor & ERISA11%

Prisoner & habeas11%

Other federal statutes8%

Other19%

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.

In our data, Barry authored 93 published opinions for the court (1984–1999). Most cited: Amland Properties Corp. v. Aluminum Co. of America (74 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
1989	Amland Properties Corp. v. Aluminum Co. of America	711 F. Supp. 784	74
1985	Lac D'Amiante Du Quebec, Ltee v. American Home Assurance Co.	613 F. Supp. 1549	65
1993	PBA Local No. 38 v. Woodbridge Police Department	832 F. Supp. 808	60
1996	Michaels v. State of NJ	955 F. Supp. 315	56
1986	McNeilab, Inc. v. North River Insurance	645 F. Supp. 525	39
1991	Matter of Velis	123 B.R. 497	37
1986	National Football League Properties, Inc. v. New Jersey Giants, Inc.	637 F. Supp. 507	37
1990	International Minerals & Mining Corp. v. Citicorp North America, Inc.	736 F. Supp. 587	35
1988	Spychala v. G.D. Searle & Co.	705 F. Supp. 1024	33
1993	Conopco, Inc. v. McCreadie	826 F. Supp. 855	31
1986	Block v. Anthony Tammaro, Inc. (In Re Anthony Tammaro, Inc.)	56 B.R. 999	31
1999	Biovail Corp. International v. Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft	49 F. Supp. 2d 750	30
1998	Cellular Telephone Co. v. Zoning Board of Adjustment of Borough of Ho-Ho-Kus	24 F. Supp. 2d 359	30
1989	Manoir-Electroalloys Corp. v. Amalloy Corp.	711 F. Supp. 188	27
1998	Blackburn v. United Parcel Service, Inc.	3 F. Supp. 2d 504	26

Showing the 15 most-cited of 93 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 Maryanne Trump Barry?: President William J. Clinton appointed Maryanne Trump Barry to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in 1999.
Was Maryanne Trump Barry appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Maryanne Trump Barry was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Maryanne Trump Barry's confirmation vote?: Maryanne Trump Barry was confirmed by voice vote on September 13, 1999. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Maryanne Trump Barry on?: Maryanne Trump Barry was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.

Sources

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