Stephen Murray Orlofsky
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1995 and confirmed by voice vote, Stephen Murray Orlofsky was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He earned a law degree from Rutgers School of Law -- Camden in 1974. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1944 · age 82
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1995
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- City College of New York 1965 · Rutgers Law -- Camden 1974
- Succeeded
- Dickinson Richards Debevoise
- Succeeded by
- Peter G. Sheridan
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | District of New Jersey succeeded Dickinson Richards Debevoise | 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
| City College of New York | B.A. | 1965 |
| Rutgers School of Law -- Camden | J.D. | 1974 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Orlofsky was assigned 2,495 district-court cases (1990–2003). Median time from filing to termination: 267 days across 2,481 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, Orlofsky authored 165 published opinions for the court (1996–2003). Most cited: Bowers v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n, Act, Inc. (176 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Bowers v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n, Act, Inc. | 130 F. Supp. 2d 610 | 176 |
| 1998 | Bowers v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n | 9 F. Supp. 2d 460 | 66 |
| 1996 | Cardona v. General Motors Corp. | 942 F. Supp. 968 | 55 |
| 2000 | Calloway v. Boro of Glassboro Department of Police | 89 F. Supp. 2d 543 | 47 |
| 1996 | Kapossy v. McGraw-Hill, Inc. | 942 F. Supp. 996 | 45 |
| 1998 | Assisted Living Associates of Moorestown, L.L.C. v. Moorestown Township | 996 F. Supp. 409 | 43 |
| 2000 | Santiago v. City of Vineland | 107 F. Supp. 2d 512 | 42 |
| 2000 | Bowers v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n | 118 F. Supp. 2d 494 | 41 |
| 1998 | White v. Fauver | 19 F. Supp. 2d 305 | 34 |
| 1998 | In Re Consolidated Parlodel Litigation | 22 F. Supp. 2d 320 | 31 |
| 1996 | Polizzi Meats, Inc. v. Aetna Life & Casualty Co. | 931 F. Supp. 328 | 31 |
| 1999 | Carlino v. Gloucester City High School | 57 F. Supp. 2d 1 | 29 |
| 1996 | Hulmes v. Honda Motor Company, Ltd. | 936 F. Supp. 195 | 28 |
| 1999 | Thomas v. Ford Motor Co. | 70 F. Supp. 2d 521 | 27 |
| 2000 | Commodity Futures Trading Commission v. Rosenberg | 85 F. Supp. 2d 424 | 26 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 165 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 Stephen Murray Orlofsky?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Stephen Murray Orlofsky to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1995.
- Was Stephen Murray Orlofsky appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Stephen Murray Orlofsky was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Stephen Murray Orlofsky's confirmation vote?
- Stephen Murray Orlofsky was confirmed by voice vote on December 22, 1995. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Stephen Murray Orlofsky on?
- Stephen Murray Orlofsky 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
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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7 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).