Who appointed James August Comiskey?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed James August Comiskey to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1967.

Was James August Comiskey appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

James August Comiskey was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was James August Comiskey's confirmation vote?

James August Comiskey was confirmed by voice vote on March 2, 1967. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Louisiana / Appointed 1967 / Served to 1975

James August Comiskey

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967 and confirmed by voice vote, James August Comiskey was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He earned a law degree from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law in 1951. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1926–2005
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1967
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Loyola New Orleans 1949 · Loyola New Orleans Law 1951
Succeeded by: Morey Leonard Sear

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1967	Eastern District of Louisiana	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

Loyola University New Orleans	B.A.	1949
Loyola University New Orleans School of Law	J.D.	1951

Judicial Record

In our data, Comiskey authored 22 published opinions for the court (1967–1974). Most cited: Mondy v. Crown Zellerbach Corporation (49 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1967	Mondy v. Crown Zellerbach Corporation	271 F. Supp. 258	49
1967	Davis v. Firment	269 F. Supp. 524	43
1972	Marshall v. Plumbers and Steamfitters Local Union 60	343 F. Supp. 70	24
1974	Louisiana Affiliate of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws v. Guste	380 F. Supp. 404	21
1970	Pasquier v. Tarr	318 F. Supp. 1350	21
1970	United Gas Pipeline Co. v. Terrebonne Parish Police Jury	319 F. Supp. 1138	20
1970	Wilson v. Monsanto Company	315 F. Supp. 977	19
1971	Theatre Time Clock Co. v. Motion Picture Advertising Corp.	323 F. Supp. 172	16
1967	Cooper v. Delta Air Lines, Inc.	274 F. Supp. 781	16
1974	United States v. Slidell Youth Football Ass'n	387 F. Supp. 474	15
1969	French v. Bashful	303 F. Supp. 1333	15
1971	Taylor v. Packer Diving and Salvage Company	342 F. Supp. 365	11
1968	Ciaccio v. New Orleans Public Belt Railroad	285 F. Supp. 373	11
1968	Hughes v. Chitty	283 F. Supp. 734	11
1968	George A. Fuller Company v. Coastal Plains, Inc.	290 F. Supp. 911	10

Showing the 15 most-cited of 22 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 James August Comiskey?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed James August Comiskey to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1967.
Was James August Comiskey appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: James August Comiskey was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was James August Comiskey's confirmation vote?: James August Comiskey was confirmed by voice vote on March 2, 1967. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was James August Comiskey on?: James August Comiskey was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

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