Who appointed Sidney Myer Aronovitz?

President Gerald Ford appointed Sidney Myer Aronovitz to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 1976.

Was Sidney Myer Aronovitz appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Sidney Myer Aronovitz was appointed by President Gerald Ford, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Sidney Myer Aronovitz's confirmation vote?

Sidney Myer Aronovitz was confirmed by voice vote on September 17, 1976. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of Florida / Appointed 1976 / Served to 1997

Sidney Myer Aronovitz

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1976 and confirmed by voice vote, Sidney Myer Aronovitz was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He earned a law degree from University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) in 1943. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1920–1997
Appointed by: Gerald Ford, 1976
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Florida 1942 · University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) 1943
Succeeded: William Osborne Mehrtens
Succeeded by: Donald L. Graham

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1976	Southern District of Florida succeeded William Osborne Mehrtens	Ford (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

University of Florida	B.A.	1942
University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law)	J.D.	1943

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Aronovitz was assigned 1,433 district-court cases (1977–1996). Median time from filing to termination: 245 days across 1,433 closed cases.

Contract23%

Bankruptcy20%

Prisoner & habeas16%

Forfeiture & penalty7%

Personal-injury torts7%

Other federal statutes7%

Other20%

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, Aronovitz authored 170 published opinions for the court (1976–1996). Most cited: Holywell Corp. v. Bank of New York (48 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
1986	Holywell Corp. v. Bank of New York	59 B.R. 340	48
1977	Davis v. Page	442 F. Supp. 258	46
1977	United States v. Ressler	433 F. Supp. 459	39
1987	Bernstein v. Carl Zeiss, Inc. (In Re Bernstein)	78 B.R. 619	31
1994	Golden Door Jewelry Creations, Inc. v. Lloyds Underwriters Non-Marine Ass'n	865 F. Supp. 1516	29
1983	United States v. Harvey	560 F. Supp. 1040	28
1994	Epstein v. Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of the Estate of Piper Aircraft Corp. (In Re Piper Aircraft Corp.)	168 B.R. 434	26
1980	Pollgreen v. Morris	496 F. Supp. 1042	25
1988	United States v. One Single Family Residence Located at 2901 S.W. 118th Court	683 F. Supp. 783	23
1994	Caserta v. Tobin	175 B.R. 773	22
1983	Quesada v. Director, Federal Emergency Management Agency	577 F. Supp. 695	22
1981	Schultz v. Coral Gables Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n	505 F. Supp. 1003	22
1978	Kidder v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc.	469 F. Supp. 1060	22
1980	Harris v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland (In Re Harris)	7 B.R. 284	21
1979	United States v. Sene X Eleemosynary Corp., Inc.	479 F. Supp. 970	21

Showing the 15 most-cited of 170 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 Sidney Myer Aronovitz?: President Gerald Ford appointed Sidney Myer Aronovitz to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 1976.
Was Sidney Myer Aronovitz appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Sidney Myer Aronovitz was appointed by President Gerald Ford, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Sidney Myer Aronovitz's confirmation vote?: Sidney Myer Aronovitz was confirmed by voice vote on September 17, 1976. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Sidney Myer Aronovitz on?: Sidney Myer Aronovitz was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Sources

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20 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).