Who appointed Alfred Leopold Luongo?

President John F. Kennedy appointed Alfred Leopold Luongo to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1961.

Was Alfred Leopold Luongo appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Alfred Leopold Luongo was appointed by President John F. Kennedy, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Alfred Leopold Luongo's confirmation vote?

Alfred Leopold Luongo was confirmed by voice vote on September 21, 1961. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Pennsylvania / Appointed 1961 / Served to 1986

Alfred Leopold Luongo

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

Appointed by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 and confirmed by voice vote, Alfred Leopold Luongo was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) in 1947. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1920–1986
Appointed by: John F. Kennedy, 1961
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Pennsylvania 1941 · University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) 1947
Succeeded by: Franklin Stuart Van Antwerpen

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1961	Eastern District of Pennsylvania	Kennedy (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

University of Pennsylvania	B.S.	1941
University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School)	LL.B.	1947

Judicial Record

In our data, Luongo authored 314 published opinions for the court (1962–1986). Most cited: Loretto v. United States (73 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1977	Loretto v. United States	440 F. Supp. 1168	73
1968	Johnson Ex Rel. Johnson v. Hackett	284 F. Supp. 933	69
1977	Flesch v. Eastern Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute	434 F. Supp. 963	61
1978	Kedra v. City of Philadelphia	454 F. Supp. 652	60
1978	Wagner v. Sperry Univac, Division of Sperry Rand Corp.	458 F. Supp. 505	58
1978	Mathis v. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc.	455 F. Supp. 406	56
1977	Jones v. McElroy	429 F. Supp. 848	54
1978	Iron Mountain Security Storage Corp. v. American Specialty Foods, Inc.	457 F. Supp. 1158	51
1983	Zerpol Corp. v. DMP Corp.	561 F. Supp. 404	50
1973	United States v. One 1971 Porsche Coupe Automobile, Vehicle Identification Number 9111100355	364 F. Supp. 745	47
1977	B. J. McAdams, Inc. v. Boggs	426 F. Supp. 1091	44
1976	Thompson v. Johnson	410 F. Supp. 633	42
1978	Raitport v. Provident National Bank	451 F. Supp. 522	41
1975	Wolgin v. Atlas United Financial Corporation	397 F. Supp. 1003	40
1973	Carl Beasley Ford, Inc. v. Burroughs Corporation	361 F. Supp. 325	39

Showing the 15 most-cited of 314 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 Alfred Leopold Luongo?: President John F. Kennedy appointed Alfred Leopold Luongo to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania in 1961.
Was Alfred Leopold Luongo appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Alfred Leopold Luongo was appointed by President John F. Kennedy, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Alfred Leopold Luongo's confirmation vote?: Alfred Leopold Luongo was confirmed by voice vote on September 21, 1961. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Alfred Leopold Luongo on?: Alfred Leopold Luongo was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

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24 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).