Solomon Oliver Jr.
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Solomon Oliver Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He earned a law degree from New York University School of Law in 1972. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1947 · age 79
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- College of Wooster 1969 · New York Law 1972
- Succeeded
- Alice Moore Batchelder
- Succeeded by
- David Augustin Ruiz
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Northern District of Ohio succeeded Alice Moore Batchelder | 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
| College of Wooster | B.A. | 1969 |
| New York University School of Law | J.D. | 1972 |
| Case Western Reserve University | M.A. | 1974 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Oliver was assigned 5,161 district-court cases (1969–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 206 days across 4,951 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 325 of Oliver’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 274 were affirmed, 35 reversed or vacated, and 16 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, Oliver authored 55 published opinions for the court (1994–2011). Most cited: Crosby v. America Online, Inc. (29 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Crosby v. America Online, Inc. | 967 F. Supp. 257 | 29 |
| 1998 | Holt v. Olmsted Township Board of Trustees | 43 F. Supp. 2d 812 | 19 |
| 1995 | Bremiller v. Cleveland Psychiatric Institute | 879 F. Supp. 782 | 19 |
| 2009 | Stachurski v. DirecTV, Inc. | 642 F. Supp. 2d 758 | 18 |
| 2009 | Credit Acceptance Corp. v. Davisson | 644 F. Supp. 2d 948 | 16 |
| 1997 | Phar-Mor, Inc. v. Strouss Building Associates | 204 B.R. 948 | 14 |
| 2004 | Sekerak v. National City Bank | 342 F. Supp. 2d 701 | 11 |
| 2008 | United States v. Rogers | 558 F. Supp. 2d 774 | 10 |
| 2007 | Montgomery v. Bagley | 482 F. Supp. 2d 919 | 10 |
| 2004 | Pavlovich v. National City Bank | 342 F. Supp. 2d 718 | 10 |
| 1995 | Bremiller v. Cleveland Psychiatric Institute | 898 F. Supp. 572 | 10 |
| 2005 | Lewis v. Horace Mann Insurance | 410 F. Supp. 2d 640 | 9 |
| 2000 | Keycorp v. Key Bank & Trust | 99 F. Supp. 2d 814 | 9 |
| 2008 | Carley v. Hudson | 563 F. Supp. 2d 760 | 8 |
| 2005 | Ruggiero v. Kavlich | 411 F. Supp. 2d 734 | 8 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 55 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 Solomon Oliver Jr.?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Solomon Oliver Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1994.
- Was Solomon Oliver Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Solomon Oliver Jr. was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Solomon Oliver Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Solomon Oliver Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on May 6, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Solomon Oliver Jr. on?
- Solomon Oliver Jr. is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: unidentified photographer (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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32 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).