Carroll Clark Hincks
Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954 and confirmed by voice vote, Carroll Clark Hincks was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1914. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1889–1964
- Appointed by
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Yale 1911 · Yale Law School 1914
- Succeeded
- Thomas Walter Swan
- Succeeded by
- John Joseph Smith
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | District of Connecticut succeeded Warren Booth Burrows | Hoover (R) | Voice vote |
| 1954 | Second Circuit succeeded Thomas Walter Swan | 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
| Yale University | A.B. | 1911 |
| Yale Law School | LL.B. | 1914 |
Judicial Record
In our data, Hincks authored 75 published opinions for the court (1931–1954). Most cited: Perlman v. Feldmann (53 citations).
Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Selected opinions
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Perlman v. Feldmann | 116 F. Supp. 102 | 53 |
| 1953 | Hazlitt v. Fawcett Publications, Inc. | 116 F. Supp. 538 | 42 |
| 1945 | Hanauer's Estate v. Commissioner of Internal Rev. | 149 F.2d 857 | 32 |
| 1953 | Dale System, Inc. v. Time, Inc. | 116 F. Supp. 527 | 31 |
| 1951 | Kellems v. United States | 97 F. Supp. 681 | 31 |
| 1942 | United States v. Aetna Life Ins. Co. of Hartford, Conn. | 46 F. Supp. 30 | 29 |
| 1953 | Hamilton Watch Co. v. Benrus Watch Co. | 114 F. Supp. 307 | 28 |
| 1951 | United States v. Doe | 101 F. Supp. 609 | 28 |
| 1939 | Lewis v. United Air Lines Transport Corporation | 27 F. Supp. 946 | 28 |
| 1953 | United States v. Dolan | 113 F. Supp. 757 | 25 |
| 1943 | F. H. McGraw & Co. v. Sherman Plastering Co. | 60 F. Supp. 504 | 25 |
| 1954 | Whittemore v. Fitzpatrick | 127 F. Supp. 710 | 24 |
| 1950 | Steinberg v. Hardy | 90 F. Supp. 167 | 22 |
| 1939 | Lewis v. United Air Lines Transport Corporation | 29 F. Supp. 112 | 22 |
| 1953 | Fouts v. Fawcett Publications, Inc. | 116 F. Supp. 535 | 21 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 75 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 Carroll Clark Hincks?
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Carroll Clark Hincks to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1954.
- Was Carroll Clark Hincks appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Carroll Clark Hincks was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Carroll Clark Hincks's confirmation vote?
- Carroll Clark Hincks was confirmed by voice vote on February 9, 1954. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Carroll Clark Hincks on?
- Carroll Clark Hincks was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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10 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).