Who appointed William G. Bassler?

President George H.W. Bush appointed William G. Bassler to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1991.

Was William G. Bassler appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

William G. Bassler was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was William G. Bassler's confirmation vote?

William G. Bassler was confirmed by voice vote on September 12, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of New Jersey / Appointed 1991 / Served to 2006

William G. Bassler

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 and confirmed by voice vote, William G. Bassler was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He earned a law degree from Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law Center in 1963. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1938 · age 88
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1991
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Fordham 1960 · Georgetown College (now Georgetown) Law Center 1963
Succeeded: Stanley Seymour Brotman
Succeeded by: Noel Lawrence Hillman

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1991	District of New Jersey succeeded Stanley Seymour Brotman	G.H.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

Fordham University	B.A.	1960
Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law Center	J.D.	1963
New York University School of Law	LL.M.	1969

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Bassler was assigned 4,615 district-court cases (1985–2005). Median time from filing to termination: 235 days across 4,610 closed cases.

Contract25%

Personal-injury torts15%

Civil rights12%

Prisoner & habeas12%

Labor & ERISA10%

Other federal statutes7%

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.

On appeal

Of 20 of Bassler’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 20 were affirmed, 0 reversed or vacated. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, Bassler authored 109 published opinions for the court (1992–2006). Most cited: Morelli v. United States (59 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
2003	Morelli v. United States	285 F. Supp. 2d 454	59
2004	Black Car Assistance Corp. v. New Jersey	351 F. Supp. 2d 284	56
1998	NCR Credit Corp. v. Ye Seekers Horizon, Inc.	17 F. Supp. 2d 317	54
1995	Zucker v. Quasha	891 F. Supp. 1010	47
1994	Glynwed, Inc. v. Plastimatic, Inc.	869 F. Supp. 265	45
1995	Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, Inc. v. Mayor of Borough of Essex Fells	876 F. Supp. 641	38
2001	In Re Nazi Era Cases Against German Defs. Lit.	129 F. Supp. 2d 370	37
1998	Laidlaw, Inc. v. Student Transportation of America, Inc.	20 F. Supp. 2d 727	34
1998	Blakey v. Continental Airlines, Inc.	2 F. Supp. 2d 598	34
1995	National Property Investors VIII v. Shell Oil Co.	917 F. Supp. 324	32
2000	Johnson v. Guhl	91 F. Supp. 2d 754	31
1992	Lightning Lube, Inc. v. Witco Corp.	802 F. Supp. 1180	31
1996	Derensis v. Coopers & Lybrand Chartered Accountants	930 F. Supp. 1003	30
1996	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Hughes Capital Corp.	917 F. Supp. 1080	30
2002	Pharmacia Corp. v. Alcon Laboratories, Inc.	201 F. Supp. 2d 335	25

Showing the 15 most-cited of 109 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 William G. Bassler?: President George H.W. Bush appointed William G. Bassler to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1991.
Was William G. Bassler appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: William G. Bassler was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was William G. Bassler's confirmation vote?: William G. Bassler was confirmed by voice vote on September 12, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was William G. Bassler on?: William G. Bassler was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

Sources

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14 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).