Who appointed Norman H. Stahl?

President George H.W. Bush appointed Norman H. Stahl to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 1992.

Was Norman H. Stahl appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Norman H. Stahl was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Norman H. Stahl's confirmation vote?

Norman H. Stahl was confirmed by voice vote on June 26, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

First Circuit / Appointed 1992 / Served to 2023

Norman H. Stahl

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

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1992 and confirmed by voice vote, Norman H. Stahl was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1955. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Hampshire. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1931–2023
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1992
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Tufts College 1952 · Harvard Law School 1955
Succeeded: David Hackett Souter
Succeeded by: Jeffrey R. Howard

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1990	District of New Hampshire succeeded Martin Francis Loughlin	G.H.W. Bush (R)	Voice vote
1992	First Circuit succeeded David Hackett Souter	G.H.W. Bush (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

Tufts College	B.A.	1952
Harvard Law School	LL.B.	1955

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Stahl was assigned 479 district-court cases (1985–1992). Median time from filing to termination: 321 days across 479 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts25%

Contract22%

Prisoner & habeas13%

Civil rights10%

Other federal statutes10%

Antitrust, securities & banking4%

Other16%

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, Stahl authored 19 published opinions for the court (1990–1992). Most cited: Bow School District v. Quentin W. (20 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
1990	Bow School District v. Quentin W.	750 F. Supp. 546	20
1991	Banker v. Upper Valley Refrigeration Co., Inc.	771 F. Supp. 6	8
1992	I.D. Ex Rel. E.D. v. Westmoreland School District	788 F. Supp. 634	7
1991	Garland & Lachance Construction Co. v. City of Keene Ex Rel. Planning Board	144 B.R. 586	7
1990	McLean v. Gaudet	769 F. Supp. 30	7
1990	Polyclad Laminates, Inc. v. VITS Maschinenbau GmbH	749 F. Supp. 342	7
1992	Tourist Village Motel, Inc. v. Massachusetts Engineering Co.	801 F. Supp. 903	4
1990	MacDowell v. Manchester Fire Department	769 F. Supp. 40	4
1990	First Northern Bank v. Resolution Trust Corp.	750 F. Supp. 53	4
1991	Conductron Corp. v. Williams	785 F. Supp. 271	3
1991	United States v. McLaughlin	769 F. Supp. 45	3
1990	Forsberg v. Volkswagen of America, Inc.	769 F. Supp. 33	3
1991	I.D. Ex Rel. E.D. v. Westmoreland School District	788 F. Supp. 632	2
1990	Chaulk Services, Inc. v. Fraser	769 F. Supp. 37	2
1990	Kissell v. Mann	750 F. Supp. 55	2

Showing the 15 most-cited of 19 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 H. Stahl?: President George H.W. Bush appointed Norman H. Stahl to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 1992.
Was Norman H. Stahl appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Norman H. Stahl was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Norman H. Stahl's confirmation vote?: Norman H. Stahl was confirmed by voice vote on June 26, 1992. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Norman H. Stahl on?: Norman H. Stahl was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit.

Sources

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