Who appointed Edward Domenic Re?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Edward Domenic Re to the U.S. Customs Court in 1968.

Was Edward Domenic Re appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Edward Domenic Re was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Edward Domenic Re's confirmation vote?

Edward Domenic Re was confirmed by voice vote on October 2, 1968. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

U.S. Court of International Trade / Appointed 1980 / Served to 1991

Edward Domenic Re

Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968 and confirmed by voice vote, Edward Domenic Re was a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade. He earned a law degree from St. John's University School of Law in 1943. He previously served on the U.S. Customs Court. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1920–2006
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: St. John's, School of Commerce 1941 · St. John's Law 1943
Succeeded by: Evan Jonathan Wallach

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1968	U.S. Customs Court succeeded Lindley Garrison Beckworth Sr.	L.B. Johnson (D)	Voice vote
1980	U.S. Court of International Trade	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

St. John's University, School of Commerce	B.S.	1941
St. John's University School of Law	LL.B.	1943
New York University School of Law	J.S.D.	1950

Judicial Record

In our data, Re authored 105 published opinions for the court (1971–1991). Most cited: Ceramica Regiomontanam, S.A. v. United States (273 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
1986	Ceramica Regiomontanam, S.A. v. United States	636 F. Supp. 961	273
1983	Woodrum v. Donovan	564 F. Supp. 826	69
1981	American Air Parcel Forwarding Co. v. United States	515 F. Supp. 47	66
1988	Phone-Mate, Inc. v. United States	690 F. Supp. 1048	54
1983	Lowa, Ltd. v. United States	561 F. Supp. 441	54
1983	Abbott v. Donovan	570 F. Supp. 41	40
1984	Ceramica Regiomontana, S.A. v. United States	590 F. Supp. 1260	37
1982	Woodrum v. Donovan	544 F. Supp. 202	33
1979	Schott Optical Glass, Inc. v. United States	468 F. Supp. 1318	33
1985	Estate of Finkel v. Donovan	614 F. Supp. 1245	32
1977	Suwannee Steamship Co. v. United States	435 F. Supp. 389	31
1986	Jimlar Corp. v. United States	647 F. Supp. 932	27
1984	Cherlin v. Donovan	585 F. Supp. 644	27
1984	Abbott v. Donovan	588 F. Supp. 1438	26
1984	NEC America, Inc. v. United States	596 F. Supp. 466	22

Showing the 15 most-cited of 105 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 Domenic Re?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Edward Domenic Re to the U.S. Customs Court in 1968.
Was Edward Domenic Re appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Edward Domenic Re was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Edward Domenic Re's confirmation vote?: Edward Domenic Re was confirmed by voice vote on October 2, 1968. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Edward Domenic Re on?: Edward Domenic Re was a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade.

Sources

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