Edward Thaxter Gignoux
Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1957 and confirmed by voice vote, Edward Thaxter Gignoux was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1940. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1916–1988
- Appointed by
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1957
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Harvard College 1937 · Harvard Law School 1940
- Succeeded
- John David Clifford Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Gene Carter
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | District of Maine succeeded John David Clifford Jr. | 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
| Harvard College | A.B. | 1937 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1940 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Gignoux was assigned 48 district-court cases (1975–1987). Median time from filing to termination: 1,386 days across 48 closed cases.
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.
In our data, Gignoux authored 154 published opinions for the court (1957–1992). Most cited: Dyer v. Eastern Trust and Banking Company (94 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Dyer v. Eastern Trust and Banking Company | 336 F. Supp. 890 | 94 |
| 1977 | Curran v. Portland Superintending School Committee | 435 F. Supp. 1063 | 92 |
| 1979 | Women's Community Health Center, Inc. v. Cohen | 477 F. Supp. 542 | 77 |
| 1992 | Sciaraffa v. Oxford Paper Company | 310 F. Supp. 891 | 63 |
| 1973 | Gunter v. Merchants Warren National Bank | 360 F. Supp. 1085 | 53 |
| 1977 | Lincoln Pulp & Paper Co., Inc. v. Dravo Corp. | 436 F. Supp. 262 | 52 |
| 1969 | Gentle v. Lamb-Weston, Inc. | 302 F. Supp. 161 | 52 |
| 1973 | Burgess v. M/V Tamano | 370 F. Supp. 247 | 50 |
| 1980 | Westberry v. Fisher | 309 F. Supp. 12 | 49 |
| 1981 | Austin v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp. | 508 F. Supp. 313 | 38 |
| 1979 | UV Industries, Inc. v. Posner | 466 F. Supp. 1251 | 36 |
| 1983 | Honeycomb Systems, Inc. v. Admiral Insurance | 567 F. Supp. 1400 | 32 |
| 1975 | Joint Tribal Council of the Passamaquoddy Tribe v. Morton | 388 F. Supp. 649 | 32 |
| 1980 | Westberry v. Fisher | 297 F. Supp. 1109 | 31 |
| 1973 | State of Maine v. M/V Tamano | 357 F. Supp. 1097 | 31 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 154 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 Edward Thaxter Gignoux?
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Edward Thaxter Gignoux to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine in 1957.
- Was Edward Thaxter Gignoux appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Edward Thaxter Gignoux was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Edward Thaxter Gignoux's confirmation vote?
- Edward Thaxter Gignoux was confirmed by voice vote on August 22, 1957. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Edward Thaxter Gignoux on?
- Edward Thaxter Gignoux was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Johnupston (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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31 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).