Who appointed Edmund Louis Palmieri?

President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Edmund Louis Palmieri to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1954.

Was Edmund Louis Palmieri appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Edmund Louis Palmieri was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Edmund Louis Palmieri's confirmation vote?

Edmund Louis Palmieri was confirmed by voice vote on May 11, 1954. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of New York / Appointed 1954 / Served to 1989

Edmund Louis Palmieri

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

Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954 and confirmed by voice vote, Edmund Louis Palmieri was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1929. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1907–1989
Appointed by: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Columbia College 1926 · Columbia Law School 1929
Succeeded by: William Curtis Conner

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1954	Southern District of New York	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

Columbia College	A.B.	1926
Columbia Law School	LL.B.	1929

Judicial Record

In our data, Palmieri authored 109 published opinions for the court (1954–1988). Most cited: Pettit v. American Stock Exchange (74 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1963	Pettit v. American Stock Exchange	217 F. Supp. 21	74
1954	United States v. Klein	124 F. Supp. 476	59
1959	Fleischer v. A.A.P., Inc.	180 F. Supp. 717	49
1962	Application of Kapatos	208 F. Supp. 883	46
1957	United States v. Ogull	149 F. Supp. 272	44
1959	Minkoff v. Scranton Frocks, Inc.	172 F. Supp. 870	41
1957	Rayco Manufacturing Co. v. Chicopee Manufacturing Corp.	148 F. Supp. 588	35
1967	Haviland & Co. v. Johann Haviland China Corporation	269 F. Supp. 928	31
1957	Kurz v. United States	156 F. Supp. 99	30
1968	United States v. Wolfson	289 F. Supp. 903	29
1959	Petition of Gulf Oil Corporation	172 F. Supp. 911	29
1955	Satterfield v. Lehigh Valley Railroad Co.	128 F. Supp. 669	29
1957	United States v. 31 Photographs 4¾\	156 F. Supp. 350	27
1958	Moses v. Ammond	162 F. Supp. 866	26
1988	United States v. Palestine Liberation Organization	695 F. Supp. 1456	22

Showing the 15 most-cited of 109 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 Edmund Louis Palmieri?: President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Edmund Louis Palmieri to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1954.
Was Edmund Louis Palmieri appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Edmund Louis Palmieri was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Edmund Louis Palmieri's confirmation vote?: Edmund Louis Palmieri was confirmed by voice vote on May 11, 1954. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Edmund Louis Palmieri on?: Edmund Louis Palmieri was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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