Who appointed Timothy C. Stanceu?

President George W. Bush appointed Timothy C. Stanceu to the U.S. Court of International Trade in 2003.

Was Timothy C. Stanceu appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Timothy C. Stanceu was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Timothy C. Stanceu's confirmation vote?

Timothy C. Stanceu was confirmed by voice vote on March 6, 2003. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

U.S. Court of International Trade / Appointed 2003 / Senior status since 2021

Timothy C. Stanceu

Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade

Appointed by President George W. Bush in 2003 and confirmed by voice vote, Timothy C. Stanceu is a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade. He earned a law degree from Georgetown University Law Center in 1979. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1951 · age 75
Appointed by: George W. Bush, 2003
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Colgate 1973 · Georgetown Law Center 1979
Succeeded: Richard W. Goldberg
Succeeded by: Joseph A. Laroski Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	U.S. Court of International Trade succeeded Richard W. Goldberg	G.W. Bush (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

Colgate University	A.B.	1973
Georgetown University Law Center	J.D.	1979

Judicial Record

In our data, Stanceu authored 158 published opinions for the court (2004–2025). Most cited: Shanghai Foreign Trade Enterprises Co., Ltd. v. United States (55 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

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2004	Shanghai Foreign Trade Enterprises Co., Ltd. v. United States	318 F. Supp. 2d 1339	55
2005	Gerber Food (Yunnan) Co., Ltd. v. United States	387 F. Supp. 2d 1270	40
2009	Gerber Food (Yunnan) Co. Ltd. v. United States	601 F. Supp. 2d 1370	34
2009	Jinan Yipin Corp. Ltd. v. United States	637 F. Supp. 2d 1183	27
2009	Skf USA Inc. v. United States	675 F. Supp. 2d 1264	23
2006	Allied Pacific Food (Dalian) Co. Ltd. v. United States	435 F. Supp. 2d 1295	23
2011	Peer Bearing Company-Changshan v. United States	752 F. Supp. 2d 1353	22
2007	Gerber Food (Yunnan) Co., Ltd. v. United States	491 F. Supp. 2d 1326	19
2009	Union Steel v. United States	617 F. Supp. 2d 1373	18
2007	Jinan Yipin Corp., Ltd. v. United States	526 F. Supp. 2d 1347	17
2009	Jtekt Corporation v. United States	675 F. Supp. 2d 1206	15
2009	National Fisheries Institute, Inc. v. United States Bureau of Customs & Border Protection	637 F. Supp. 2d 1270	15
2007	China Kingdom Import & Export Co. v. United States	507 F. Supp. 2d 1337	15
2009	Carpenter Technology Corp. v. United States	662 F. Supp. 2d 1337	14
2018	Qingdao Qihang Tyre Co., Ltd. v. United States	308 F. Supp. 3d 1329	13

Showing the 15 most-cited of 158 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 Timothy C. Stanceu?: President George W. Bush appointed Timothy C. Stanceu to the U.S. Court of International Trade in 2003.
Was Timothy C. Stanceu appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Timothy C. Stanceu was appointed by President George W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Timothy C. Stanceu's confirmation vote?: Timothy C. Stanceu was confirmed by voice vote on March 6, 2003. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Timothy C. Stanceu on?: Timothy C. Stanceu is a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade.

Sources

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23 years on the U.S. Court of International Trade. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).