A. David Mazzone
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978 and confirmed by voice vote, A. David Mazzone was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He earned a law degree from DePaul University College of Law in 1957. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1928–2004
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1978
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Harvard College 1950 · DePaul College of Law 1957
- Succeeded
- Frank Jerome Murray
- Succeeded by
- Nancy Gertner
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | District of Massachusetts succeeded Frank Jerome Murray | 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
| Harvard College | B.A. | 1950 |
| DePaul University College of Law | J.D. | 1957 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Mazzone was assigned 1,530 district-court cases (1972–2002). Median time from filing to termination: 358 days across 1,530 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, Mazzone authored 118 published opinions for the court (1978–1999). Most cited: Glanz v. Vernick (28 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Glanz v. Vernick | 756 F. Supp. 632 | 28 |
| 1986 | Lynch v. Merrell-National Laboratories Division of Richardson-Merrell, Inc. | 646 F. Supp. 856 | 27 |
| 1980 | Arsenault v. Allegheny Airlines, Inc. | 485 F. Supp. 1373 | 27 |
| 1992 | Broderick v. Roache | 803 F. Supp. 480 | 26 |
| 1990 | Glanz v. Vernick | 750 F. Supp. 39 | 26 |
| 1984 | Polo Fashions, Inc. v. Branded Apparel Merchandising, Inc. | 592 F. Supp. 648 | 24 |
| 1994 | Mazzarella v. United States Postal Service | 849 F. Supp. 89 | 23 |
| 1985 | Williams v. Arndt | 626 F. Supp. 571 | 23 |
| 1985 | In Re the Complaint of Tracey | 608 F. Supp. 263 | 22 |
| 1990 | In Re Medallion Realty Trust | 120 B.R. 245 | 20 |
| 1988 | Travelers Insurance v. Waltham Industrial Laboratories Corp. | 722 F. Supp. 814 | 20 |
| 1993 | Wasserman v. City of Cambridge | 151 B.R. 4 | 19 |
| 1988 | United States v. Alves | 688 F. Supp. 70 | 19 |
| 1984 | Massachusetts State Carpenters Pension Fund v. Atlantic Diving Co. | 635 F. Supp. 9 | 19 |
| 1983 | Feldstein v. Christian Science Monitor | 555 F. Supp. 974 | 19 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 118 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 A. David Mazzone?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed A. David Mazzone to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1978.
- Was A. David Mazzone appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- A. David Mazzone was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was A. David Mazzone's confirmation vote?
- A. David Mazzone was confirmed by voice vote on February 7, 1978. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was A. David Mazzone on?
- A. David Mazzone was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
See something wrong? Report an error. Fixes are logged in the corrections log.
26 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).