Who appointed Don Nelson Laramore?

President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Don Nelson Laramore to the Court of Claims in 1954.

Was Don Nelson Laramore appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Don Nelson Laramore was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Don Nelson Laramore's confirmation vote?

Don Nelson Laramore was confirmed by voice vote on March 16, 1954. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Federal Circuit / Appointed 1982 / Served to 1989

Don Nelson Laramore

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954 and confirmed by voice vote, Don Nelson Laramore was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He previously served on the Court of Claims. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1906–1989
Appointed by: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954
Confirmed: by voice vote
Succeeded: Arnold Wilson Cowen
Succeeded by: Byron George Skelton

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1954	Court of Claims succeeded George Evan Howell	Eisenhower (R)	Voice vote
1982	Federal Circuit succeeded Arnold Wilson Cowen	Reassigned	–

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

University of Chicago
Indiana Law School (now Indiana University McKinney School of Law)

Judicial Record

In our data, Laramore authored 25 published opinions for the court (1958–1960). Most cited: Curtis v. United States (123 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
1958	Curtis v. United States	168 F. Supp. 213	123
1958	Newton v. United States	163 F. Supp. 614	59
1958	National City Bank of Evansville v. United States	163 F. Supp. 846	49
1959	Fansteel Metallurgical Corporation v. United States	172 F. Supp. 268	42
1959	Cresswell v. United States	173 F. Supp. 805	30
1958	Empire Institute of Tailoring, Inc. v. United States	161 F. Supp. 409	27
1959	Tlingit and Haida Indians of Alaska v. United States	177 F. Supp. 452	18
1959	Hellander v. United States	178 F. Supp. 932	16
1958	Steinberg v. United States	163 F. Supp. 590	16
1958	Jennings v. United States	168 F. Supp. 781	14
1960	Cebrian v. United States	181 F. Supp. 412	12
1960	Zoda v. United States	180 F. Supp. 419	12
1958	Federal Land Bank of Houston v. United States	168 F. Supp. 788	12
1959	Universal Sportswear, Inc. v. United States	180 F. Supp. 391	10
1959	Seastrom v. United States	177 F. Supp. 948	9

Showing the 15 most-cited of 25 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 Don Nelson Laramore?: President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Don Nelson Laramore to the Court of Claims in 1954.
Was Don Nelson Laramore appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Don Nelson Laramore was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Don Nelson Laramore's confirmation vote?: Don Nelson Laramore was confirmed by voice vote on March 16, 1954. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Don Nelson Laramore on?: Don Nelson Laramore was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

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