Who appointed Stanley Julian Roszkowski?

President Jimmy Carter appointed Stanley Julian Roszkowski to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1977.

Was Stanley Julian Roszkowski appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Stanley Julian Roszkowski was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Stanley Julian Roszkowski's confirmation vote?

Stanley Julian Roszkowski was confirmed by voice vote on October 7, 1977. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of Illinois / Appointed 1977 / Served to 1998

Stanley Julian Roszkowski

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 and confirmed by voice vote, Stanley Julian Roszkowski was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. He earned a law degree from University of Illinois College of Law in 1954. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1923–2014
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1977
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Illinois 1949 · University of Illinois College of Law 1954
Succeeded: Richard Wellington McLaren
Succeeded by: Wayne R. Andersen

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1977	Northern District of Illinois succeeded Richard Wellington McLaren	Carter (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

University of Illinois	B.S.	1949
University of Illinois College of Law	J.D.	1954

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Roszkowski was assigned 821 district-court cases (1984–1997). Median time from filing to termination: 270 days across 821 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas20%

Personal-injury torts17%

Contract13%

Real property13%

Civil rights12%

Other federal statutes6%

Other18%

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, Roszkowski authored 107 published opinions for the court (1978–1996). Most cited: United Bank of Southgate v. Nelson (106 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
1983	United Bank of Southgate v. Nelson	35 B.R. 766	106
1982	United States Life Title Insurance Co. of New York v. Dohm (In Re Dohm)	19 B.R. 134	55
1981	Royal Truck & Trailer, Inc. v. Armadora Maritima Salvadorena, S.A.	10 B.R. 488	52
1979	United States v. Climatemp, Inc.	482 F. Supp. 376	45
1988	Allied Corp. v. Acme Solvents Reclaiming, Inc.	691 F. Supp. 1100	41
1989	Lerch v. Federal Land Bank of St. Louis	94 B.R. 998	36
1979	Blumenthal v. Management Assistance, Inc.	480 F. Supp. 470	30
1978	F. E. L. Publications, Ltd. v. National Conference of Catholic Bishops	466 F. Supp. 1034	27
1990	Sorrells v. Babcock	733 F. Supp. 1189	25
1989	Strauss v. Zielinski (In Re Strauss)	99 B.R. 396	25
1984	Norwood v. Dale Maintenance System, Inc.	590 F. Supp. 1410	25
1983	Frolova v. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics	558 F. Supp. 358	25
1980	Concerned Tenants Ass'n of Indian Trails Apartments v. Indian Trails Apartments	496 F. Supp. 522	25
1983	Camacho v. Bowling	562 F. Supp. 1012	20
1987	Construction Industry Welfare Fund v. Jones	672 F. Supp. 291	19

Showing the 15 most-cited of 107 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 Julian Roszkowski?: President Jimmy Carter appointed Stanley Julian Roszkowski to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois in 1977.
Was Stanley Julian Roszkowski appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Stanley Julian Roszkowski was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Stanley Julian Roszkowski's confirmation vote?: Stanley Julian Roszkowski was confirmed by voice vote on October 7, 1977. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Stanley Julian Roszkowski on?: Stanley Julian Roszkowski was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

Sources

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20 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).