Who appointed Grover M. Moscowitz?

President Calvin Coolidge appointed Grover M. Moscowitz to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1925.

Was Grover M. Moscowitz appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Grover M. Moscowitz was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Grover M. Moscowitz's confirmation vote?

Grover M. Moscowitz was confirmed by voice vote on December 21, 1925. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of New York / Appointed 1925 / Served to 1947

Grover M. Moscowitz

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York

Appointed by President Calvin Coolidge in 1925 and confirmed by voice vote, Grover M. Moscowitz was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He earned a law degree from New York University School of Law in 1906. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1886–1947
Appointed by: Calvin Coolidge, 1925
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: New York Law 1906
Succeeded: Edwin Louis Garvin
Succeeded by: Leo Frederick Rayfiel

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1925	Eastern District of New York succeeded Edwin Louis Garvin	Coolidge (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

New York University School of Law

LL.B.

1906

Judicial Record

In our data, Moscowitz authored 76 published opinions for the court (1927–1946). Most cited: United States v. Carlisi (53 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1940	United States v. Carlisi	32 F. Supp. 479	53
1939	McCarthy v. Palmer	29 F. Supp. 585	41
1939	Walsh v. Connecticut Mut. Life Ins. Co.	26 F. Supp. 566	36
1941	Ermin v. Pennsylvania R. Co.	36 F. Supp. 936	33
1938	United States Ex Rel. Foster Wheeler Corp. v. American Surety Co.	25 F. Supp. 700	28
1941	Hoskie v. Prudential Ins. Co. of America	39 F. Supp. 305	24
1938	Laverett v. Continental Briar Pipe Co.	25 F. Supp. 80	24
1943	Agostino v. Pennsylvania R. Co.	50 F. Supp. 726	23
1944	In Re Realty Associates Securities Corporation	56 F. Supp. 1007	22
1939	Beler v. Savarona Ship Corporation	26 F. Supp. 599	18
1935	Echavarria v. Atlantic & Caribbean Steam Nav. Co.	10 F. Supp. 677	17
1937	United States v. Oley	21 F. Supp. 281	16
1946	Green v. War Shipping Administration	66 F. Supp. 393	15
1942	Prudential Ins. Co. of America v. Goldstein	43 F. Supp. 767	15
1938	United States Ex Rel. Vigilanti v. Pfeiffer-Neumeyer Const. Corp.	25 F. Supp. 403	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 76 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 Grover M. Moscowitz?: President Calvin Coolidge appointed Grover M. Moscowitz to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1925.
Was Grover M. Moscowitz appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Grover M. Moscowitz was appointed by President Calvin Coolidge, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Grover M. Moscowitz's confirmation vote?: Grover M. Moscowitz was confirmed by voice vote on December 21, 1925. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Grover M. Moscowitz on?: Grover M. Moscowitz was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.

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21 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).