Who appointed Frank Jerome Murray?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Frank Jerome Murray to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1967.

Was Frank Jerome Murray appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Frank Jerome Murray 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 Jerome Murray's confirmation vote?

Frank Jerome Murray was confirmed by voice vote on April 5, 1967. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Massachusetts / Appointed 1967 / Served to 1995

Frank Jerome Murray

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967 and confirmed by voice vote, Frank Jerome Murray was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He earned a law degree from Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center) in 1929. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1904–1995
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1967
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Georgetown College (now Georgetown) 1925 · Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown Law Center) 1929
Succeeded: George Clinton Sweeney
Succeeded by: A. David Mazzone

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1967	District of Massachusetts succeeded George Clinton Sweeney	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

Georgetown College (now Georgetown University)	B.S.	1925
Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)	LL.B.	1929

Judicial Record

In our data, Murray authored 39 published opinions for the court (1967–1985). Most cited: Hochstadt v. Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Inc. (85 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1976	Hochstadt v. Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology, Inc.	425 F. Supp. 318	85
1975	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Tufts Institution of Learning	421 F. Supp. 152	29
1975	Massachusetts General Hospital v. Sargent	397 F. Supp. 1056	27
1969	United States v. Small	297 F. Supp. 582	25
1972	Boston Waterfront Residents Association, Inc. v. Romney	343 F. Supp. 89	23
1971	Elliot v. Volpe	328 F. Supp. 831	19
1970	Dickstein v. DuPont	320 F. Supp. 150	16
1980	Rental Car of New Hampshire, Inc. v. Westinghouse Electric Corp.	496 F. Supp. 373	15
1974	United States v. DiLaura	394 F. Supp. 770	13
1972	Haley v. Troy	338 F. Supp. 794	12
1969	Selewich v. Finch	312 F. Supp. 191	11
1979	Matter of Boston and Maine Corp.	468 F. Supp. 996	8
1977	Dubeau v. COMMANDING OFFICER, NAVAL RESERVE CENTER, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS	440 F. Supp. 747	8
1976	Townsend v. Exxon Co., U. S. A.	420 F. Supp. 189	8
1981	Norris v. Massachusetts Department of Education	529 F. Supp. 759	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 39 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 Jerome Murray?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Frank Jerome Murray to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1967.
Was Frank Jerome Murray appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Frank Jerome Murray 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 Jerome Murray's confirmation vote?: Frank Jerome Murray was confirmed by voice vote on April 5, 1967. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Frank Jerome Murray on?: Frank Jerome Murray was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.

Sources

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