Who appointed Daniel T. K. Hurley?

President William J. Clinton appointed Daniel T. K. Hurley to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 1994.

Was Daniel T. K. Hurley appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Daniel T. K. Hurley was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Daniel T. K. Hurley's confirmation vote?

Daniel T. K. Hurley was confirmed by voice vote on March 10, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of Florida / Appointed 1994 / Senior status since 2009

Daniel T. K. Hurley

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Daniel T. K. Hurley is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He earned a law degree from George Washington University Law School in 1968. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1943 · age 83
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1994
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: St. Anselm College 1964 · George Washington Law School 1968
Succeeded: James Carriger Paine
Succeeded by: Kathleen Mary Williams

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	Southern District of Florida succeeded James Carriger Paine	Clinton (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

St. Vincent de Paul Major Seminary
St. Anselm College	A.B.	1964
George Washington University Law School	J.D.	1968

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hurley was assigned 5,428 district-court cases (1985–2017). Median time from filing to termination: 218 days across 5,424 closed cases.

Contract19%

Prisoner & habeas18%

Labor & ERISA16%

Civil rights16%

Other federal statutes8%

Personal-injury torts7%

Other16%

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 240 of Hurley’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 201 were affirmed, 25 reversed or vacated, and 14 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, Hurley authored 56 published opinions for the court (1995–2010). Most cited: Adolfo House Distributing Corp. v. Travelers Property & Casualty Insurance (44 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
2001	Adolfo House Distributing Corp. v. Travelers Property & Casualty Insurance	165 F. Supp. 2d 1332	44
2007	F.W.F., Inc. v. Detroit Diesel Corp.	494 F. Supp. 2d 1342	40
1998	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Joe's Stone Crab, Inc.	15 F. Supp. 2d 1364	25
2004	Hanna v. WCI Communities, Inc.	348 F. Supp. 2d 1322	22
2007	Boldstar Technical, LLC v. Home Depot, Inc.	517 F. Supp. 2d 1283	21
2003	In Re McGovern	297 B.R. 650	20
1999	JB Oxford Holdings, Inc. v. Net Trade, Inc.	76 F. Supp. 2d 1363	17
2008	Microsoft Corp. v. Big Boy Distribution LLC	589 F. Supp. 2d 1308	16
2003	Carl v. Republic Security Bank	282 F. Supp. 2d 1358	16
2010	Tiara Condominium Ass'n, Inc. v. Marsh USA, Inc.	697 F. Supp. 2d 1349	12
1995	Doe v. Judicial Nominating Commission for the Fifteenth Judicial Circuit of Florida	906 F. Supp. 1534	12
2009	Jankus v. Edge Investors, L.P.	650 F. Supp. 2d 1248	11
1996	Carillon Importers Ltd. v. Frank Pesce Group, Inc.	913 F. Supp. 1559	11
2004	Schafler v. Fairway Park Condominium Ass'n	324 F. Supp. 2d 1302	10
2002	Barclay's Bank PLC v. Dresdner Bank Lateinamerika A.G. (In Re Lancaster Steel Co.)	284 B.R. 152	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 56 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 Daniel T. K. Hurley?: President William J. Clinton appointed Daniel T. K. Hurley to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 1994.
Was Daniel T. K. Hurley appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Daniel T. K. Hurley was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Daniel T. K. Hurley's confirmation vote?: Daniel T. K. Hurley was confirmed by voice vote on March 10, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Daniel T. K. Hurley on?: Daniel T. K. Hurley is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Sources

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