Who appointed Frank X. Altimari?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Frank X. Altimari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1985.

Was Frank X. Altimari appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Frank X. Altimari was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Frank X. Altimari's confirmation vote?

Frank X. Altimari was confirmed by voice vote on December 16, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Second Circuit / Appointed 1985 / Served to 1998

Frank X. Altimari

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

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Frank X. Altimari was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He earned a law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1951. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1928–1998
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1985
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Brooklyn Law School 1951
Succeeded: Ellsworth Alfred Van Graafeiland
Succeeded by: Rosemary S. Pooler

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1982	Eastern District of New York succeeded Edward Raymond Neaher	Reagan (R)	Voice vote
1985	Second Circuit succeeded Ellsworth Alfred Van Graafeiland	Reagan (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

St. Francis College		1948
Brooklyn Law School	LL.B.	1951

Judicial Record

In our data, Altimari authored 16 published opinions for the court (1983–1987). Most cited: Ciminelli v. Cablevision (24 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
1984	Ciminelli v. Cablevision	583 F. Supp. 158	24
1983	Kostiuk v. Town of Riverhead	570 F. Supp. 603	19
1983	Q1 Corp. v. Reichenstein (In Re Q1 Corp.)	28 B.R. 647	15
1984	Gold v. Jeep Corp.	579 F. Supp. 256	14
1985	Citizens for an Orderly Energy Policy, Inc. v. County of Suffolk	604 F. Supp. 1084	11
1984	Ciminelli v. Cablevision	583 F. Supp. 144	10
1984	Fernandez v. Southside Hospital	593 F. Supp. 840	9
1985	Long Island Lighting Co. v. County of Suffolk, NY	604 F. Supp. 759	7
1983	Quinones v. Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services	567 F. Supp. 188	7
1986	Lublin v. Johnson	628 F. Supp. 1496	6
1984	Cuomo v. Long Island Lighting Co.	589 F. Supp. 1387	6
1983	Lightsey v. King	567 F. Supp. 645	6
1983	Cohen v. Federal Insurance Administration	565 F. Supp. 823	5
1987	Hall v. Bowen	672 F. Supp. 667	4
1984	Steinberg v. United States Department of Agriculture	613 F. Supp. 432	3

Showing the 15 most-cited of 16 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 Frank X. Altimari?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Frank X. Altimari to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1985.
Was Frank X. Altimari appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Frank X. Altimari was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Frank X. Altimari's confirmation vote?: Frank X. Altimari was confirmed by voice vote on December 16, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Frank X. Altimari on?: Frank X. Altimari was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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