Who appointed Carol Bagley Amon?

President George H.W. Bush appointed Carol Bagley Amon to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1990.

Was Carol Bagley Amon appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Carol Bagley Amon was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Carol Bagley Amon's confirmation vote?

Carol Bagley Amon was confirmed by voice vote on August 3, 1990. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of New York / Appointed 1990 / Senior status since 2016

Carol Bagley Amon

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 and confirmed by voice vote, Carol Bagley Amon is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. She earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1971. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1946 · age 80
Appointed by: George H.W. Bush, 1990
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: College of William and Mary 1968 · University of Virginia Law 1971
Succeeded: Mark Americus Costantino
Succeeded by: Rachel Peter Kovner

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1990	Eastern District of New York succeeded Mark Americus Costantino	G.H.W. Bush (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 William and Mary	B.S.	1968
University of Virginia School of Law	J.D.	1971

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Amon was assigned 8,530 district-court cases (1970–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 245 days across 8,304 closed cases.

Civil rights16%

Contract15%

Personal-injury torts13%

Labor & ERISA12%

Prisoner & habeas11%

Other federal statutes11%

Other22%

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 187 of Amon’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 156 were affirmed, 14 reversed or vacated, and 17 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, Amon authored 41 published opinions for the court (1991–2010). Most cited: Carlucci & Legum v. Murray (In Re Murray) (72 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
2000	Carlucci & Legum v. Murray (In Re Murray)	249 B.R. 223	72
2008	City of New York v. Milhelm Attea & Bros., Inc.	550 F. Supp. 2d 332	44
2007	Gristede's Foods, Inc. v. Unkechauge Nation	532 F. Supp. 2d 439	35
2008	Best v. BWIA West Indies Airways Ltd.	581 F. Supp. 2d 359	34
1994	55 Motor Avenue Co. v. Liberty Industrial Finishing Corp.	885 F. Supp. 410	31
1999	Ressler v. Liz Claiborne, Inc.	75 F. Supp. 2d 43	22
1991	Baird v. Hilton Hotel Corp.	771 F. Supp. 24	21
2001	Ruggieri v. Harrington	146 F. Supp. 2d 202	19
2001	Herschaft v. New York City Campaign Finance Board	139 F. Supp. 2d 282	18
2006	Singh v. North American Airlines	426 F. Supp. 2d 38	16
1992	Smith v. Petra Cablevision Corp.	793 F. Supp. 417	16
1992	Gatto v. Hoke	809 F. Supp. 1030	16
1993	Hornell Brewing Co., Inc. v. Brady	819 F. Supp. 1227	15
2003	Friends of Falun Gong v. Pacific Cultural Enterprise, Inc.	288 F. Supp. 2d 273	14
1996	Campos v. United States	930 F. Supp. 787	14

Showing the 15 most-cited of 41 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 Carol Bagley Amon?: President George H.W. Bush appointed Carol Bagley Amon to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1990.
Was Carol Bagley Amon appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Carol Bagley Amon was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Carol Bagley Amon's confirmation vote?: Carol Bagley Amon was confirmed by voice vote on August 3, 1990. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Carol Bagley Amon on?: Carol Bagley Amon is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

Sources

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