Who appointed Barrington Daniels Parker Sr.?

President Richard M. Nixon appointed Barrington Daniels Parker Sr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1969.

Was Barrington Daniels Parker Sr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Barrington Daniels Parker Sr. was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Barrington Daniels Parker Sr.'s confirmation vote?

Barrington Daniels Parker Sr. was confirmed by voice vote on December 18, 1969. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Columbia / Appointed 1969 / Served to 1993

Barrington Daniels Parker Sr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia

Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1969 and confirmed by voice vote, Barrington Daniels Parker Sr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He earned a law degree from University of Chicago Law School in 1947. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1915–1993
Appointed by: Richard M. Nixon, 1969
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Lincoln, Pennsylvania 1936 · University of Chicago Law School 1947
Succeeded: Joseph Charles McGarraghy
Succeeded by: Royce C. Lamberth

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1969	District of Columbia succeeded Joseph Charles McGarraghy	Nixon (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

Lincoln University, Pennsylvania	A.B.	1936
University of Pennsylvania	M.A.	1938
University of Chicago Law School	J.D.	1947

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Parker was assigned 116 district-court cases (1967–1989). Median time from filing to termination: 262 days across 116 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts27%

Contract22%

Labor & ERISA15%

Other federal statutes13%

Civil rights7%

Antitrust, securities & banking3%

Other14%

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, Parker authored 238 published opinions for the court (1970–1990). Most cited: Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, Local 35 v. Washington Star Co. (69 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
1982	Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild, Local 35 v. Washington Star Co.	543 F. Supp. 906	69
1973	Securities & Exchange Commission v. National Student Marketing Corp.	360 F. Supp. 284	53
1986	Foltz v. U.S. News & World Report, Inc.	627 F. Supp. 1143	51
1972	United States v. Zeiger	350 F. Supp. 685	47
1987	Air Line Pilots Ass'n v. Eastern Air Lines	672 F. Supp. 525	45
1980	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Gulf & Western Industries, Inc.	502 F. Supp. 343	45
1985	Foltz v. U.S. News & World Report, Inc.	613 F. Supp. 634	39
1978	Securities & Exchange Commission v. National Student Marketing Corp.	457 F. Supp. 682	39
1985	International Brotherhood of Painters v. Best Painting & Sandblasting Co.	621 F. Supp. 906	38
1981	Central Armature Works, Inc. v. American Motorists Insurance	520 F. Supp. 283	38
1984	Combs v. Adkins & Adkins Coal Co., Inc.	597 F. Supp. 122	37
1983	Washington-Baltimore Newspaper Guild Local 35 v. Washington Star Co.	555 F. Supp. 257	37
1985	A.I. Credit Corp. v. Drabkin (In Re Auto-Train Corp.)	49 B.R. 605	36
1987	Wells v. United States	655 F. Supp. 715	33
1981	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Gulf & Western Industries, Inc.	518 F. Supp. 675	31

Showing the 15 most-cited of 238 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 Barrington Daniels Parker Sr.?: President Richard M. Nixon appointed Barrington Daniels Parker Sr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1969.
Was Barrington Daniels Parker Sr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Barrington Daniels Parker Sr. was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Barrington Daniels Parker Sr.'s confirmation vote?: Barrington Daniels Parker Sr. was confirmed by voice vote on December 18, 1969. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Barrington Daniels Parker Sr. on?: Barrington Daniels Parker Sr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Sources

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