Eugene Hoffman Nickerson
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 and confirmed by voice vote, Eugene Hoffman Nickerson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1943. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1918–2002
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1977
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Harvard 1941 · Columbia Law School 1943
- Succeeded
- Orrin Grimmell Judd
- Succeeded by
- Frederic Block
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Eastern District of New York succeeded Orrin Grimmell Judd | Carter (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
| Harvard University | B.A. | 1941 |
| Columbia Law School | LL.B. | 1943 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Nickerson was assigned 3,572 district-court cases (1962–2001). Median time from filing to termination: 316 days across 3,408 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, Nickerson authored 332 published opinions for the court (1977–2001). Most cited: Bernstein v. Crazy Eddie, Inc. (76 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Bernstein v. Crazy Eddie, Inc. | 702 F. Supp. 962 | 76 |
| 1989 | Weseley v. Spear, Leeds & Kellogg | 711 F. Supp. 713 | 61 |
| 1989 | In Re Crazy Eddie Securities Litigation | 714 F. Supp. 1285 | 57 |
| 1989 | Ballan v. Wilfred American Educational Corp. | 720 F. Supp. 241 | 43 |
| 1978 | Cody v. Riecker | 454 F. Supp. 22 | 42 |
| 1987 | City of New York v. Joseph L. Balkan, Inc. | 656 F. Supp. 536 | 34 |
| 1993 | In Re Crazy Eddie Securities Litigation | 824 F. Supp. 320 | 33 |
| 1983 | McCray v. Abrams | 576 F. Supp. 1244 | 32 |
| 1993 | Biofeedtrac, Inc. v. Kolinor Optical Enterprises & Consultants, S.R.L. | 832 F. Supp. 585 | 30 |
| 1992 | Wilson v. City of New York | 800 F. Supp. 1098 | 29 |
| 1990 | In Re Crazy Eddie Securities Litigation | 747 F. Supp. 850 | 29 |
| 1984 | Filartiga v. Pena-Irala | 577 F. Supp. 860 | 27 |
| 1983 | Wachs v. Winter | 569 F. Supp. 1438 | 27 |
| 1982 | Gregg B. v. Board of Education of Lawrence School District | 535 F. Supp. 1333 | 27 |
| 1978 | Triangle Underwriters, Inc. v. Honeywell, Inc. | 457 F. Supp. 765 | 27 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 332 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 Eugene Hoffman Nickerson?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Eugene Hoffman Nickerson to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1977.
- Was Eugene Hoffman Nickerson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Eugene Hoffman Nickerson was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Eugene Hoffman Nickerson's confirmation vote?
- Eugene Hoffman Nickerson was confirmed by voice vote on October 20, 1977. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Eugene Hoffman Nickerson on?
- Eugene Hoffman Nickerson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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24 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).