Alexander Harvey II
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 and confirmed by voice vote, Alexander Harvey II was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1923–2017
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Yale 1947 · Columbia Law School 1950
- Succeeded
- Harrison Lee Winter
- Succeeded by
- Deborah K. Chasanow
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | District of Maryland succeeded Harrison Lee Winter | L.B. Johnson (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
| Yale University | B.A. | 1947 |
| Columbia Law School | LL.B. | 1950 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Harvey was assigned 2,735 district-court cases (1980–2003). Median time from filing to termination: 160 days across 2,734 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, Harvey authored 248 published opinions for the court (1967–2003). Most cited: Harlan Clement Gibbs 19446039 v. Bureau of Prison Office (107 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Harlan Clement Gibbs 19446039 v. Bureau of Prison Office | 986 F. Supp. 941 | 107 |
| 1975 | Chambers v. G. D. Searle & Co. | 441 F. Supp. 377 | 75 |
| 1986 | Donlan v. Smith | 662 F. Supp. 352 | 55 |
| 1982 | Adler v. American Standard Corp. | 538 F. Supp. 572 | 55 |
| 1997 | Farasat v. Paulikas | 32 F. Supp. 2d 244 | 49 |
| 1978 | Kent Island Joint Venture v. Smith | 452 F. Supp. 455 | 44 |
| 1994 | Hopkins v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Co. | 871 F. Supp. 822 | 41 |
| 1980 | Mid-Atlantic Accessories Trade Ass'n v. Maryland | 500 F. Supp. 834 | 39 |
| 1980 | United States v. Blair | 493 F. Supp. 398 | 39 |
| 1993 | Potomac Group Home Corp. v. Montgomery County | 823 F. Supp. 1285 | 35 |
| 1978 | Johnson v. Levine | 450 F. Supp. 648 | 35 |
| 2000 | Tangires v. Johns Hopkins Hospital | 79 F. Supp. 2d 587 | 32 |
| 2000 | Abt Associates, Inc. v. Jhpiego Corp. | 104 F. Supp. 2d 523 | 31 |
| 1990 | Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance v. Shady Grove Plaza Ltd. Partneship | 734 F. Supp. 1181 | 30 |
| 1971 | General Cigar Co. Ex Rel. Home Insurance Co. v. Lancaster Leaf Tobacco Co. | 323 F. Supp. 931 | 28 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 248 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 Alexander Harvey II?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Alexander Harvey II to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1966.
- Was Alexander Harvey II appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Alexander Harvey II was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Alexander Harvey II's confirmation vote?
- Alexander Harvey II was confirmed by voice vote on September 22, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Alexander Harvey II on?
- Alexander Harvey II was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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51 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).