Eleventh Circuit / Appointed 1997 / Senior status since 2019

Stanley Marcus

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by voice vote, Stanley Marcus is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1971. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born
1946 · age 80
Appointed by
William J. Clinton, 1997
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
Queens College, City of New York 1967 · Harvard Law School 1971
Succeeded by
Barbara Lagoa

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1985Southern District of FloridaReagan (R)Voice vote
1997Eleventh Circuit
succeeded Peter Thorp Fay
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

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Marcus was assigned 2,984 district-court cases (1978–2007). Median time from filing to termination: 183 days across 2,984 closed cases.

Contract29%
Prisoner & habeas19%
Personal-injury torts10%
Civil rights9%
Other federal statutes7%
Labor & ERISA5%
Other21%

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 12 of Marcus’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 10 were affirmed, 2 reversed or vacated. 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, Marcus authored 75 published opinions for the court (1985–1997). Most cited: Stockett v. Tolin (38 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

YearCaseCitationCited
1992Stockett v. Tolin791 F. Supp. 153638
1996Future Tech International, Inc. v. Tae Il Media, Ltd.944 F. Supp. 153834
1992Coston v. Gold Coast Graphics, Inc.782 F. Supp. 153230
1990United States v. Camacho739 F. Supp. 150429
1986Lamb Ex Rel. Donaldson v. Volkswagenwerk Aktienge-Sellschaft631 F. Supp. 114429
1996Vernon v. Medical Management Associates of Margate, Inc.912 F. Supp. 154928
1993Federal Deposit Insurance v. Gonzalez-Gorrondona833 F. Supp. 154528
1986Moyer v. Klosters Rederi645 F. Supp. 62024
1993Mesa v. United States837 F. Supp. 121021
1993Leisure Founders, Inc. v. CUC International, Inc.833 F. Supp. 156221
1986Piambino v. Bestline Products, Inc.645 F. Supp. 121019
1988CBS Inc. v. Smith681 F. Supp. 79418
1986Hernandez v. Wainwright634 F. Supp. 24118
1987Sennello v. Reserve Life Insurance667 F. Supp. 149817
1987Edward Leasing Corp. v. Uhlig652 F. Supp. 140917

Showing the 15 most-cited of 75 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 Marcus?
President William J. Clinton appointed Stanley Marcus to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in 1997.
Was Stanley Marcus appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Stanley Marcus was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Stanley Marcus's confirmation vote?
Stanley Marcus was confirmed by voice vote on November 7, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Stanley Marcus on?
Stanley Marcus is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.

Sources

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28 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).