Who appointed Stewart Albert Newblatt?

President Jimmy Carter appointed Stewart Albert Newblatt to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1979.

Was Stewart Albert Newblatt appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Stewart Albert Newblatt was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Stewart Albert Newblatt's confirmation vote?

Stewart Albert Newblatt was confirmed by voice vote on September 25, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Michigan / Appointed 1979 / Served to 2022

Stewart Albert Newblatt

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Stewart Albert Newblatt was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. He earned a law degree from University of Michigan Law School in 1952. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1927–2022
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1979
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Michigan 1950 · University of Michigan Law School 1952
Succeeded by: Paul D. Borman

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1979	Eastern District of Michigan	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 Michigan	B.A.	1950
University of Michigan Law School	J.D.	1952

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Newblatt was assigned 2,778 district-court cases (1980–1997). Median time from filing to termination: 210 days across 2,778 closed cases.

Contract28%

Prisoner & habeas17%

Social Security13%

Labor & ERISA9%

Civil rights8%

Personal-injury torts8%

Other15%

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, Newblatt authored 117 published opinions for the court (1980–1997). Most cited: Rabidue v. Osceola Refining Co. (37 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1984	Rabidue v. Osceola Refining Co.	584 F. Supp. 419	37
1987	Carpenter v. American Excelsior Co.	650 F. Supp. 933	36
1982	Walker v. Johnson	544 F. Supp. 345	21
1991	Comerica Bank-Detroit v. Allen Industries, Inc.	769 F. Supp. 1408	20
1986	Local 567 American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees v. Michigan Council 25, American Federation of State, County, & Municipal Employees	635 F. Supp. 1010	20
1985	Minor v. Northville Public Schools	605 F. Supp. 1185	19
1992	Swallow & Associates v. Henry Molded Products, Inc.	794 F. Supp. 660	18
1997	Brereton v. United States	973 F. Supp. 752	17
1989	Higgins Industries, Inc. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance	730 F. Supp. 774	17
1983	Heritage Hills Fellowship v. Plouff	555 F. Supp. 1290	16
1981	Moll v. Parkside Livonia Credit Union	525 F. Supp. 786	16
1980	Thornton v. Allstate Insurance	492 F. Supp. 645	16
1997	Dubuc v. Green Oak Township	958 F. Supp. 1231	15
1993	United States v. BASF-Inmont Corp.	819 F. Supp. 601	15
1993	Cameron v. Howmedica, Division of Pfizer Hospital Products Group, Inc.	820 F. Supp. 317	14

Showing the 15 most-cited of 117 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 Stewart Albert Newblatt?: President Jimmy Carter appointed Stewart Albert Newblatt to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan in 1979.
Was Stewart Albert Newblatt appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Stewart Albert Newblatt was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Stewart Albert Newblatt's confirmation vote?: Stewart Albert Newblatt was confirmed by voice vote on September 25, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Stewart Albert Newblatt on?: Stewart Albert Newblatt was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.

Sources

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