Stanley Seymour Brotman
Appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1975 and confirmed by voice vote, Stanley Seymour Brotman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1924–2014
- Appointed by
- Gerald Ford, 1975
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Yale 1947 · Harvard Law School 1950
- Succeeded
- Mitchell Harry Cohen
- Succeeded by
- William G. Bassler
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | District of New Jersey succeeded Mitchell Harry Cohen | 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
| Yale University | B.A. | 1947 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1950 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Brotman was assigned 2,388 district-court cases (1983–2004). Median time from filing to termination: 284 days across 2,388 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.
In our data, Brotman authored 252 published opinions for the court (1975–2005). Most cited: Estate of Presley v. Russen (97 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Estate of Presley v. Russen | 513 F. Supp. 1339 | 97 |
| 2002 | Garlanger v. Verbeke | 223 F. Supp. 2d 596 | 85 |
| 1981 | United States v. Price | 523 F. Supp. 1055 | 79 |
| 1990 | G-69 v. Degnan | 748 F. Supp. 274 | 71 |
| 1989 | Grabow v. Southern State Correctional Facility | 726 F. Supp. 537 | 67 |
| 1983 | United States v. Price | 577 F. Supp. 1103 | 63 |
| 1990 | Doe v. Borough of Barrington | 729 F. Supp. 376 | 62 |
| 1986 | Maldonado v. Lucca | 636 F. Supp. 621 | 62 |
| 1987 | Township of Gloucester v. Maryland Casualty Co. | 668 F. Supp. 394 | 60 |
| 2003 | Hargrave v. County of Atlantic | 262 F. Supp. 2d 393 | 59 |
| 1979 | Popow v. City of Margate | 476 F. Supp. 1237 | 58 |
| 1994 | Crawford v. West Jersey Health Systems | 847 F. Supp. 1232 | 55 |
| 1987 | In Re ORFA Securities Litigation | 654 F. Supp. 1449 | 55 |
| 1987 | United States v. Vastola | 670 F. Supp. 1244 | 45 |
| 2000 | Hill v. Algor | 85 F. Supp. 2d 391 | 42 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 252 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 Stanley Seymour Brotman?
- President Gerald Ford appointed Stanley Seymour Brotman to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1975.
- Was Stanley Seymour Brotman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Stanley Seymour Brotman was appointed by President Gerald Ford, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Stanley Seymour Brotman's confirmation vote?
- Stanley Seymour Brotman was confirmed by voice vote on March 13, 1975. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Stanley Seymour Brotman on?
- Stanley Seymour Brotman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the District of New Jersey (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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38 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).