Stanley Sporkin
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Stanley Sporkin was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1957. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1932–2020
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Pennsylvania State 1953 · Yale Law School 1957
- Succeeded
- June Lazenby Green
- Succeeded by
- Reggie B. Walton
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | District of Columbia succeeded June Lazenby Green | Reagan (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
| Pennsylvania State University | A.B. | 1953 |
| Yale Law School | LL.B. | 1957 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Sporkin was assigned 2,379 district-court cases (1983–2016). Median time from filing to termination: 217 days across 2,378 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, Sporkin authored 302 published opinions for the court (1986–1999). Most cited: Moore v. Aspin (209 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Moore v. Aspin | 916 F. Supp. 32 | 209 |
| 1994 | Fleming v. United States | 847 F. Supp. 170 | 156 |
| 1996 | Williams v. Callaghan | 938 F. Supp. 46 | 146 |
| 1993 | Johnson v. DIGITAL EQUIPMENT CORPORATION | 836 F. Supp. 14 | 80 |
| 1997 | Graves v. United States | 961 F. Supp. 314 | 64 |
| 1995 | Henry v. Guest Services, Inc. | 902 F. Supp. 245 | 46 |
| 1998 | Federal Trade Commission v. Cardinal Health, Inc. | 12 F. Supp. 2d 34 | 40 |
| 1987 | Ross v. United States (In Re Auto-Pak, Inc.) | 73 B.R. 52 | 34 |
| 1994 | Ross v. Runyon | 859 F. Supp. 15 | 32 |
| 1994 | Campbell-El v. District of Columbia | 874 F. Supp. 403 | 27 |
| 1994 | Church of Scientology International v. Eli Lilly & Co. | 848 F. Supp. 1018 | 27 |
| 1989 | Alpo Petfoods, Inc. v. Ralston Purina Co. | 720 F. Supp. 194 | 26 |
| 1998 | United States v. Cisneros | 26 F. Supp. 2d 24 | 25 |
| 1995 | Perrone v. Federal Bureau of Investigation | 908 F. Supp. 24 | 24 |
| 1990 | Conservative Club of Washington v. Finkelstein | 738 F. Supp. 6 | 24 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 302 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 Sporkin?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Stanley Sporkin to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1985.
- Was Stanley Sporkin appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Stanley Sporkin was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Stanley Sporkin's confirmation vote?
- Stanley Sporkin was confirmed by voice vote on December 16, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Stanley Sporkin on?
- Stanley Sporkin was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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14 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).