Mitchell Harry Cohen
Appointed by President John F. Kennedy in 1962 and confirmed by voice vote, Mitchell Harry Cohen was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He earned a law degree from Dickinson School of Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) in 1928. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1904–1991
- Appointed by
- John F. Kennedy, 1962
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Dickinson Law (now Penn State Dickinson Law) 1928
- Succeeded
- Richard Hartshorne
- Succeeded by
- Stanley Seymour Brotman
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | District of New Jersey succeeded Richard Hartshorne | Kennedy (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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Cohen was assigned 192 district-court cases (1985–1991). Median time from filing to termination: 344 days across 192 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.
In our data, Cohen authored 107 published opinions for the court (1962–1990). Most cited: Tuxedo Beach Club Corp. v. City Federal Savings Bank (45 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Tuxedo Beach Club Corp. v. City Federal Savings Bank | 737 F. Supp. 18 | 45 |
| 1987 | Pane v. RCA Corp. | 667 F. Supp. 168 | 44 |
| 1985 | Yip v. Pagano | 606 F. Supp. 1566 | 44 |
| 1990 | Tuxedo Beach Club Corp. v. City Federal Savings Bank | 749 F. Supp. 635 | 40 |
| 1975 | Huddell v. Levin | 395 F. Supp. 64 | 40 |
| 1990 | Sandom v. Travelers Mortgage Services, Inc. | 752 F. Supp. 1240 | 34 |
| 1988 | Borecki v. Eastern International Management Corp. | 694 F. Supp. 47 | 33 |
| 1966 | Nation Wide, Inc. v. Scullin | 256 F. Supp. 929 | 33 |
| 1986 | McConnell v. Caterpillar Tractor Co. | 646 F. Supp. 1520 | 29 |
| 1967 | Hughes v. Smith | 264 F. Supp. 767 | 23 |
| 1970 | Shultz v. Wheaton Glass Co. | 319 F. Supp. 229 | 20 |
| 1967 | United States v. Chelsea Towers, Inc. | 295 F. Supp. 1242 | 20 |
| 1987 | Porta v. Rollins Environmental Services (NJ), Inc. | 654 F. Supp. 1275 | 18 |
| 1975 | Ammond v. McGahn | 390 F. Supp. 655 | 18 |
| 1974 | Ritchie v. Cahall | 386 F. Supp. 1207 | 18 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 107 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 Mitchell Harry Cohen?
- President John F. Kennedy appointed Mitchell Harry Cohen to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1962.
- Was Mitchell Harry Cohen appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Mitchell Harry Cohen was appointed by President John F. Kennedy, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Mitchell Harry Cohen's confirmation vote?
- Mitchell Harry Cohen was confirmed by voice vote on August 1, 1962. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Mitchell Harry Cohen on?
- Mitchell Harry Cohen 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
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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).