Simon Hirsch Rifkind
Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1941 and confirmed by voice vote, Simon Hirsch Rifkind was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1925. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1901–1995
- Appointed by
- Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1941
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- City College of New York 1922 · Columbia Law School 1925
- Succeeded
- Robert Porter Patterson Sr.
- Succeeded by
- Edward Weinfeld
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1941 | Southern District of New York succeeded Robert Porter Patterson Sr. | F.D. Roosevelt (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
| City College of New York | B.S. | 1922 |
| Columbia Law School | LL.B. | 1925 |
Judicial Record
In our data, Rifkind authored 96 published opinions for the court (1941–1950). Most cited: Douds v. Metropolitan Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists & Technicians, Local 231 (80 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1948 | Douds v. Metropolitan Federation of Architects, Engineers, Chemists & Technicians, Local 231 | 75 F. Supp. 672 | 80 |
| 1945 | United States v. National Lead Co. | 63 F. Supp. 513 | 58 |
| 1948 | American Tobacco Co. v. the Katingo Hadjipatera | 81 F. Supp. 438 | 53 |
| 1944 | United States Ex Rel. Mitchell v. Thompson | 56 F. Supp. 683 | 41 |
| 1947 | Grossman v. Young | 72 F. Supp. 375 | 38 |
| 1950 | Steinberg v. Adams | 90 F. Supp. 604 | 33 |
| 1950 | Truncale v. Blumberg | 88 F. Supp. 677 | 25 |
| 1948 | Bank Line v. United States | 76 F. Supp. 801 | 25 |
| 1944 | Indemnity Ins. Co. of North America v. Pan American Airways, Inc. | 58 F. Supp. 338 | 24 |
| 1942 | United States v. Bausch & Lomb Optical Co. | 45 F. Supp. 387 | 24 |
| 1942 | United States v. ONE DODGE COUPE, ETC. | 43 F. Supp. 60 | 24 |
| 1948 | Alcoa S. S. Co. v. McMahon | 81 F. Supp. 541 | 22 |
| 1948 | Truncale v. Universal Pictures Co. | 76 F. Supp. 465 | 21 |
| 1950 | Fitzgerald v. Abramson | 89 F. Supp. 504 | 20 |
| 1947 | Doyle v. Milton | 73 F. Supp. 281 | 20 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 96 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 Simon Hirsch Rifkind?
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Simon Hirsch Rifkind to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1941.
- Was Simon Hirsch Rifkind appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Simon Hirsch Rifkind was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Simon Hirsch Rifkind's confirmation vote?
- Simon Hirsch Rifkind was confirmed by voice vote on June 3, 1941. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Simon Hirsch Rifkind on?
- Simon Hirsch Rifkind 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.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Department of War (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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8 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).