Frank Albert Kaufman
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 and confirmed by voice vote, Frank Albert Kaufman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1940. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1916–1997
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Dartmouth College 1937 · Harvard Law School 1940
- Succeeded by
- Paul Victor Niemeyer
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | District of Maryland | L.B. Johnson (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
| Dartmouth College | A.B. | 1937 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1940 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Kaufman was assigned 1,885 district-court cases (1973–1997). Median time from filing to termination: 260 days across 1,885 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, Kaufman authored 271 published opinions for the court (1966–1997). Most cited: Vanguard Justice Society, Inc. v. Hughes (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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Vanguard Justice Society, Inc. v. Hughes | 471 F. Supp. 670 | 74 |
| 1972 | Collins v. Schoonfield | 344 F. Supp. 257 | 71 |
| 1968 | Johns Hopkins University v. Hutton | 297 F. Supp. 1165 | 55 |
| 1980 | President of Georgetown College v. Madden | 505 F. Supp. 557 | 50 |
| 1982 | Hasenei v. United States | 541 F. Supp. 999 | 48 |
| 1975 | Wassel v. Eglowsky | 399 F. Supp. 1330 | 46 |
| 1997 | Rhoads v. Federal Deposit Insurance | 956 F. Supp. 1239 | 40 |
| 1984 | Vaughns v. Bd. of Educ. of Prince George's County | 598 F. Supp. 1262 | 38 |
| 1982 | Hector v. Weglein | 558 F. Supp. 194 | 38 |
| 1969 | Schreck v. United States | 301 F. Supp. 1265 | 35 |
| 1975 | Fox v. Kane-Miller Corp. | 398 F. Supp. 609 | 32 |
| 1982 | Lee Construction Co. v. Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond | 558 F. Supp. 165 | 31 |
| 1975 | Anuszewski v. Dynamic Mariners Corp. Panama | 391 F. Supp. 1143 | 31 |
| 1969 | State of Maryland v. Brown | 295 F. Supp. 63 | 30 |
| 1967 | Debbis v. Hertz Corporation | 269 F. Supp. 671 | 27 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 271 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 Albert Kaufman?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Frank Albert Kaufman to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1966.
- Was Frank Albert Kaufman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Frank Albert Kaufman was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Frank Albert Kaufman's confirmation vote?
- Frank Albert Kaufman was confirmed by voice vote on September 22, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Frank Albert Kaufman on?
- Frank Albert Kaufman was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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30 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).