Who appointed Stanley R. Chesler?

President George W. Bush appointed Stanley R. Chesler to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 2002.

Was Stanley R. Chesler appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Stanley R. Chesler was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Stanley R. Chesler's confirmation vote?

Stanley R. Chesler was confirmed by voice vote on November 14, 2002. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of New Jersey / Appointed 2002 / Senior status since 2015

Stanley R. Chesler

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2002 and confirmed by voice vote, Stanley R. Chesler is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He earned a law degree from St. John's University School of Law in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1947 · age 79
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2002
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: State of New York at Binghamton, Harpur College 1968 · St. John's Law 1974
Succeeded: Anne Elise Thompson
Succeeded by: Brian R. Martinotti

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2002	District of New Jersey succeeded Anne Elise Thompson	G.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

State University of New York at Binghamton, Harpur College	B.A.	1968
St. John's University School of Law	J.D.	1974

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Chesler was assigned 5,850 district-court cases (1984–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 209 days across 5,697 closed cases.

Contract17%

Labor & ERISA13%

Personal-injury torts12%

Other federal statutes11%

Civil rights10%

Other civil matters9%

Other28%

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 236 of Chesler’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 182 were affirmed, 39 reversed or vacated, and 15 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, Chesler authored 36 published opinions for the court (1991–2011). Most cited: Countryside Oil Co. v. Travelers Insurance (67 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
1995	Countryside Oil Co. v. Travelers Insurance	928 F. Supp. 474	67
2005	Baron & Budd, P.C. v. Unsecured Asbestos Committee	321 B.R. 147	61
1996	Job Haines Home for the Aged v. Young	936 F. Supp. 223	51
1996	Carlyle Towers Condominium Ass'n v. Crossland Savings, FSB	944 F. Supp. 341	46
2007	Hirschbach v. NVE BANK	496 F. Supp. 2d 451	30
2004	Heindel v. Pfizer, Inc.	381 F. Supp. 2d 364	30
1996	Market Transition Facility of New Jersey v. Twena	941 F. Supp. 462	28
1997	Bauchelle v. AT & T CORP.	989 F. Supp. 636	15
1994	Flax v. United States	847 F. Supp. 1183	15
2007	Qiu v. Chertoff	486 F. Supp. 2d 412	14
1995	Host Marriott Corp. v. Fast Food Operators, Inc.	891 F. Supp. 1002	13
1998	John E. Long, Inc. v. Borough of Ringwood	61 F. Supp. 2d 273	12
1998	Independent MacHine Co. v. International Tray Pads & Packaging, Inc.	991 F. Supp. 687	11
2007	Omar v. Mueller	501 F. Supp. 2d 636	10
1999	Montgomery Academy v. Kohn	50 F. Supp. 2d 344	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 36 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 R. Chesler?: President George W. Bush appointed Stanley R. Chesler to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 2002.
Was Stanley R. Chesler appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Stanley R. Chesler was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Stanley R. Chesler's confirmation vote?: Stanley R. Chesler was confirmed by voice vote on November 14, 2002. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Stanley R. Chesler on?: Stanley R. Chesler is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Sources

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23 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).