Alan Harris Nevas
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Alan Harris Nevas was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. He earned a law degree from New York University School of Law in 1951. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1928–2025
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Syracuse 1949 · New York Law 1951
- Succeeded by
- Christopher Fitzgerald Droney
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | District of Connecticut | Reagan (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
| Syracuse University | A.B. | 1949 |
| New York University School of Law | LL.B. | 1951 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Nevas was assigned 4,576 district-court cases (1979–2008). Median time from filing to termination: 441 days across 4,567 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.
On appeal
Of 14 of Nevas’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 12 were affirmed, 1 reversed or vacated, and 1 affirmed in part and reversed in part. 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, Nevas authored 187 published opinions for the court (1986–2008). Most cited: Almonte v. New York Medical College (40 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Almonte v. New York Medical College | 851 F. Supp. 34 | 40 |
| 1992 | Ferber v. Travelers Corp. | 785 F. Supp. 1101 | 39 |
| 1991 | Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Household International, Inc. | 775 F. Supp. 518 | 39 |
| 1996 | Romanella v. Hayward | 933 F. Supp. 163 | 37 |
| 1986 | Reed v. Signode Corp. | 652 F. Supp. 129 | 33 |
| 1987 | Mahoney v. National Organization for Women | 681 F. Supp. 129 | 32 |
| 2005 | McCulloch v. Hartford Life & Accident Insurance | 363 F. Supp. 2d 169 | 31 |
| 1994 | Chanoff v. United States Surgical Corp. | 857 F. Supp. 1011 | 31 |
| 1992 | Ferber v. Travelers Corp. | 802 F. Supp. 698 | 29 |
| 2000 | Avramenkov v. Immigration & Naturalization Service | 99 F. Supp. 2d 210 | 28 |
| 2000 | Izzarelli v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. | 117 F. Supp. 2d 167 | 26 |
| 1994 | Companies for Fair Allocation v. Axil Corp. | 853 F. Supp. 575 | 23 |
| 1992 | Manes v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad | 801 F. Supp. 954 | 23 |
| 1998 | United States Surgical Corp. v. Imagyn Medical Technologies, Inc. | 25 F. Supp. 2d 40 | 22 |
| 1993 | LoSacco v. City of Middletown | 822 F. Supp. 870 | 21 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 187 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 Alan Harris Nevas?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Alan Harris Nevas to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in 1985.
- Was Alan Harris Nevas appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Alan Harris Nevas was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Alan Harris Nevas's confirmation vote?
- Alan Harris Nevas was confirmed by voice vote on October 16, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Alan Harris Nevas on?
- Alan Harris Nevas was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.
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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23 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).