Who appointed Guido Calabresi?

President William J. Clinton appointed Guido Calabresi to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1994.

Was Guido Calabresi appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Guido Calabresi was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Guido Calabresi's confirmation vote?

Guido Calabresi was confirmed by voice vote on July 18, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Second Circuit / Appointed 1994 / Senior status since 2009

Guido Calabresi

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

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Guido Calabresi is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1958. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1932 · age 94
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1994
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Yale 1953 · Yale Law School 1958
Succeeded: Thomas Joseph Meskill
Succeeded by: Christopher Fitzgerald Droney

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1994	Second Circuit succeeded Thomas Joseph Meskill	Clinton (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

Yale University	B.S.	1953
University of Oxford, Magdalen College	B.A.	1955
Yale Law School	LL.B.	1958

Judicial Record

In our data, Calabresi authored 1 published opinion for the court (2007). Most cited: Denton v. Hyman (164 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
2007	Denton v. Hyman	502 F.3d 61	164

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Questions & answers

Who appointed Guido Calabresi?: President William J. Clinton appointed Guido Calabresi to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1994.
Was Guido Calabresi appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Guido Calabresi was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Guido Calabresi's confirmation vote?: Guido Calabresi was confirmed by voice vote on July 18, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court is Guido Calabresi on?: Guido Calabresi is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

Sources

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32 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).