Who appointed Gregory Wright Carman?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Gregory Wright Carman to the U.S. Court of International Trade in 1983.

Was Gregory Wright Carman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Gregory Wright Carman was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Gregory Wright Carman's confirmation vote?

Gregory Wright Carman was confirmed by voice vote on March 2, 1983. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

U.S. Court of International Trade / Appointed 1983 / Served to 2020

Gregory Wright Carman

Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 and confirmed by voice vote, Gregory Wright Carman 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 1961. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1937–2020
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1983
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: St. Lawrence 1958 · St. John's Law 1961
Succeeded: Scovel Richardson
Succeeded by: Jennifer Choe Groves

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1983	U.S. Court of International Trade succeeded Scovel Richardson	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. Lawrence University	B.A.	1958
St. John's University School of Law	J.D.	1961

Judicial Record

In our data, Carman authored 325 published opinions for the court (1983–2016). Most cited: Hercules, Inc. v. United States (78 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
1987	Hercules, Inc. v. United States	673 F. Supp. 454	78
1988	Mitsubishi Electric Corp. v. United States	700 F. Supp. 538	66
1988	Copperweld Corp. v. United States	682 F. Supp. 552	60
1991	Budd Co., Wheel & Brake Division v. United States	773 F. Supp. 1549	45
2001	Shandong Huarong General Corp. v. United States	159 F. Supp. 2d 714	43
1989	Chinsung Indus. Co., Ltd. v. United States	705 F. Supp. 598	42
1999	Ranchers-Cattlemen Action Legal Foundation v. United States	74 F. Supp. 2d 1353	38
2002	Reiner Brach GmbH & Co. KG v. United States	206 F. Supp. 2d 1323	34
1985	Cabot Corp. v. United States	620 F. Supp. 722	30
1987	OKI Elec. Industry Co., Ltd. v. United States	669 F. Supp. 480	28
1983	American Air Parcel Forwarding Co. v. United States	573 F. Supp. 117	28
1989	Former Employees of CSX Oil and Gas Corp. v. United States	720 F. Supp. 1002	26
1987	PPG Industries, Inc. v. United States	660 F. Supp. 965	26
1983	Manufacture De MacHines Du Haut-Rhin v. Von Raab	569 F. Supp. 877	26
2005	Hangzhou Spring Washer Co., Ltd. v. United States	387 F. Supp. 2d 1236	25

Showing the 15 most-cited of 325 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 Gregory Wright Carman?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Gregory Wright Carman to the U.S. Court of International Trade in 1983.
Was Gregory Wright Carman appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Gregory Wright Carman was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Gregory Wright Carman's confirmation vote?: Gregory Wright Carman was confirmed by voice vote on March 2, 1983. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Gregory Wright Carman on?: Gregory Wright Carman was a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade.

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37 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).