Andrew Augustine Caffrey
Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1961 and confirmed by voice vote, Andrew Augustine Caffrey was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He earned a law degree from Boston College Law School in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1920–1993
- Appointed by
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1961
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- College of the Holy Cross 1941 · Boston College Law School 1948
- Succeeded
- William T. McCarthy
- Succeeded by
- Edward Francis Harrington
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | District of Massachusetts succeeded William T. McCarthy | Eisenhower (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
| College of the Holy Cross | A.B. | 1941 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.M. | 1948 |
| Boston College Law School | LL.B. | 1948 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Caffrey was assigned 433 district-court cases (1973–1992). Median time from filing to termination: 332 days across 433 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, Caffrey authored 382 published opinions for the court (1960–1992). Most cited: Dan Barclay, Inc. v. Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. (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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Dan Barclay, Inc. v. Stewart & Stevenson Services, Inc. | 761 F. Supp. 194 | 73 |
| 1990 | Wellesley Hills Realty Trust v. Mobil Oil Corp. | 747 F. Supp. 93 | 51 |
| 1990 | Bolen v. Paragon Plastics, Inc. | 754 F. Supp. 221 | 44 |
| 1990 | Chestnut Hill Development Corp. v. Otis Elevator Co. | 739 F. Supp. 692 | 44 |
| 1987 | Treadwell v. John Hancock Mutual Life Insurance | 666 F. Supp. 278 | 44 |
| 1964 | Tiffany & Co. v. Boston Club, Inc. | 231 F. Supp. 836 | 44 |
| 1992 | Bergeson v. Franchi | 783 F. Supp. 713 | 42 |
| 1991 | Conroy v. Boston Edison Co. | 758 F. Supp. 54 | 40 |
| 1987 | In Re Rare Coin Galleries of America, Inc. | 72 B.R. 415 | 38 |
| 1986 | Quincy Cablesystems, Inc. v. Sully's Bar, Inc. | 650 F. Supp. 838 | 38 |
| 1991 | Boston Helicopter Charter, Inc. v. Agusta Aviation Corp. | 767 F. Supp. 363 | 37 |
| 1970 | Burg v. Canniffe | 315 F. Supp. 380 | 37 |
| 1991 | Baybank Middlesex v. 1200 Beacon Properties, Inc. | 760 F. Supp. 957 | 33 |
| 1979 | Armano v. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston | 468 F. Supp. 674 | 32 |
| 1991 | Zeller v. Samia | 758 F. Supp. 775 | 27 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 382 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 Andrew Augustine Caffrey?
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Andrew Augustine Caffrey to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1961.
- Was Andrew Augustine Caffrey appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Andrew Augustine Caffrey was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Andrew Augustine Caffrey's confirmation vote?
- Andrew Augustine Caffrey was confirmed by voice vote on August 9, 1961. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Andrew Augustine Caffrey on?
- Andrew Augustine Caffrey 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
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Courtesy of the Property and Procurement Office of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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32 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).