Israel Leo Glasser
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and confirmed by voice vote, Israel Leo Glasser is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1924 · age 102
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1981
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- City College of New York 1943 · Brooklyn Law School 1948
- Succeeded
- Jacob Mishler
- Succeeded by
- Allyne R. Ross
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Eastern District of New York succeeded Jacob Mishler | 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
| City College of New York | B.A. | 1943 |
| Brooklyn Law School | LL.B. | 1948 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Glasser was assigned 6,955 district-court cases (1979–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 234 days across 6,919 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.
On appeal
Of 85 of Glasser’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 57 were affirmed, 12 reversed or vacated, and 16 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Glasser authored 468 published opinions for the court (1982–2011). Most cited: Taylor v. City of New York (150 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Taylor v. City of New York | 269 F. Supp. 2d 68 | 150 |
| 1983 | Toys \ | 559 F. Supp. 1189 | 81 |
| 1995 | United States v. Incorporated Village of Island Park | 888 F. Supp. 419 | 65 |
| 1991 | Peed v. Sullivan | 778 F. Supp. 1241 | 64 |
| 1988 | United States v. Bonanno Organized Crime Family of La Cosa Nostra | 683 F. Supp. 1411 | 62 |
| 1994 | Smith v. Shalala | 856 F. Supp. 118 | 57 |
| 1994 | United States v. Upton | 856 F. Supp. 727 | 55 |
| 1983 | Ceglia v. Schweiker | 566 F. Supp. 118 | 53 |
| 1994 | Messina v. Mazzeo | 854 F. Supp. 116 | 52 |
| 2006 | Team Obsolete Ltd. v. A.H.R.M.A. Ltd. | 464 F. Supp. 2d 164 | 51 |
| 2007 | United States v. International Longshoremen's Ass'n | 518 F. Supp. 2d 422 | 48 |
| 1987 | Connors v. Lexington Insurance | 666 F. Supp. 434 | 48 |
| 1999 | Ticali v. Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn | 41 F. Supp. 2d 249 | 46 |
| 1992 | United States v. Incorporated Village of Island Park | 791 F. Supp. 354 | 46 |
| 1989 | Holmes v. Scully | 706 F. Supp. 195 | 42 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 468 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 Israel Leo Glasser?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Israel Leo Glasser to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1981.
- Was Israel Leo Glasser appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Israel Leo Glasser was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Israel Leo Glasser's confirmation vote?
- Israel Leo Glasser was confirmed by voice vote on December 9, 1981. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Israel Leo Glasser on?
- Israel Leo Glasser is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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44 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).