Who appointed Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1986.

Was Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum's confirmation vote?

Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum was confirmed by voice vote on March 3, 1986. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of New York / Appointed 1986 / Served to 2016

Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 and confirmed by voice vote, Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1953. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1929–2016
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1986
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Barnard College 1950 · Columbia Law School 1953
Succeeded: Charles E. Stewart Jr.
Succeeded by: Naomi Reice Buchwald

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1986	Southern District of New York succeeded Charles E. Stewart Jr.	Reagan (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

Barnard College	B.A.	1950
Columbia Law School	LL.B.	1953

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Cedarbaum was assigned 3,808 district-court cases (1984–2013). Median time from filing to termination: 276 days across 3,807 closed cases.

Contract31%

Personal-injury torts12%

Labor & ERISA10%

Intellectual property10%

Civil rights9%

Other federal statutes8%

Other21%

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 51 of Cedarbaum’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 46 were affirmed, 3 reversed or vacated, and 2 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, Cedarbaum authored 305 published opinions for the court (1986–2011). Most cited: Papa's-June Music, Inc. v. McLean (59 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
1996	Papa's-June Music, Inc. v. McLean	921 F. Supp. 1154	59
2004	Nexans Wires S.A. v. Sark-USA, Inc.	319 F. Supp. 2d 468	53
2000	In Re Northern Telecom Ltd. Securities Litigation	116 F. Supp. 2d 446	48
1986	Cahill v. Arthur Andersen & Co.	659 F. Supp. 1115	47
2000	Schweizer v. Mulvehill	93 F. Supp. 2d 376	40
2009	Gargiulo v. Forster & Garbus Esqs.	651 F. Supp. 2d 188	36
2000	Pilates, Inc. v. Current Concepts, Inc.	120 F. Supp. 2d 286	32
1999	BBS Norwalk One, Inc. v. Raccolta, Inc.	60 F. Supp. 2d 123	32
1988	Alexander & Alexander, Inc. v. Donald F. Muldoon & Co.	685 F. Supp. 346	30
2008	24/7 Records, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.	566 F. Supp. 2d 305	29
1991	Volkswagen De Mexico, S.A. v. Germanischer Lloyd	768 F. Supp. 1023	25
1993	Wilhelmshaven Acquisition Corp. v. Asher	810 F. Supp. 108	24
1999	Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. v. British Airways PLC	69 F. Supp. 2d 571	23
1997	US Airways Group, Inc. v. British Airways PLC	989 F. Supp. 482	23
1994	One Times Square Associates Ltd. Partnership v. Banque Nationale De Paris (In Re One Times Square Associates Ltd. Partnership)	165 B.R. 773	23

Showing the 15 most-cited of 305 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 Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1986.
Was Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum's confirmation vote?: Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum was confirmed by voice vote on March 3, 1986. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum on?: Miriam Goldman Cedarbaum 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.

How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources

See something wrong? Report an error. Fixes are logged in the corrections log.

29 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).