Norman A. Mordue
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1998 and confirmed by voice vote, Norman A. Mordue was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Syracuse University College of Law in 1971. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1942–2022
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1998
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Syracuse 1966 · Syracuse College of Law 1971
- Succeeded
- Rosemary S. Pooler
- Succeeded by
- Brenda Kay Sannes
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Northern District of New York succeeded Rosemary S. Pooler | 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
| Syracuse University | B.A. | 1966 |
| Syracuse University College of Law | J.D. | 1971 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Mordue was assigned 3,061 district-court cases (1977–2023). Median time from filing to termination: 332 days across 3,061 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 223 of Mordue’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 179 were affirmed, 33 reversed or vacated, and 11 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, Mordue authored 72 published opinions for the court (1999–2011). Most cited: Pardee v. Astrue (161 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Pardee v. Astrue | 631 F. Supp. 2d 200 | 161 |
| 2010 | Hickman Ex Rel. M.A.H. v. Astrue | 728 F. Supp. 2d 168 | 124 |
| 2009 | Rockwood v. Astrue | 614 F. Supp. 2d 252 | 107 |
| 2011 | Saxon v. Astrue | 781 F. Supp. 2d 92 | 82 |
| 2002 | Roebuck v. Hudson Valley Farms, Inc. | 239 F. Supp. 2d 234 | 42 |
| 2002 | United States v. Cox | 190 F. Supp. 2d 330 | 34 |
| 2011 | Long v. United States Department of Justice | 778 F. Supp. 2d 222 | 25 |
| 2001 | Oxygenated Fuels Ass'n, Inc. v. Pataki | 158 F. Supp. 2d 248 | 16 |
| 2000 | New York State Electric & Gas Corp. v. Saranac Power Partners, L.P. | 117 F. Supp. 2d 211 | 15 |
| 2008 | Ferrer v. Superintendent | 628 F. Supp. 2d 294 | 14 |
| 2003 | Arbor Hill Concerned Citizens Neighborhood Association v. County of Albany | 281 F. Supp. 2d 436 | 14 |
| 2007 | Wagner v. New York Marriott Marquis | 502 F. Supp. 2d 312 | 12 |
| 2001 | Pogliani v. United States Army Corps of Engineers | 166 F. Supp. 2d 673 | 11 |
| 2007 | Pass & Seymour, Inc. v. Hubbell Inc. | 532 F. Supp. 2d 418 | 10 |
| 2006 | Lugosch v. Congel | 443 F. Supp. 2d 254 | 10 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 72 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 Norman A. Mordue?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Norman A. Mordue to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York in 1998.
- Was Norman A. Mordue appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Norman A. Mordue was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Norman A. Mordue's confirmation vote?
- Norman A. Mordue was confirmed by voice vote on October 21, 1998. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Norman A. Mordue on?
- Norman A. Mordue was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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24 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).