Who appointed Kenneth Conboy?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Kenneth Conboy to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1987.

Was Kenneth Conboy appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

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

What was Kenneth Conboy's confirmation vote?

Kenneth Conboy was confirmed by voice vote on December 19, 1987. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of New York / Appointed 1987 / Served to 1993

Kenneth Conboy

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

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1987 and confirmed by voice vote, Kenneth Conboy was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1964. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1938 · age 88
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1987
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Fordham College 1961 · University of Virginia Law 1964
Succeeded: Robert Lee Carter
Succeeded by: Barbara S. Jones

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1987	Southern District of New York succeeded Robert Lee Carter	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

Fordham College	A.B.	1961
University of Virginia School of Law	J.D.	1964
Columbia University	M.A.	1980

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Conboy was assigned 862 district-court cases (1983–1994). Median time from filing to termination: 214 days across 862 closed cases.

Contract35%

Labor & ERISA14%

Personal-injury torts11%

Prisoner & habeas8%

Civil rights8%

Intellectual property6%

Other18%

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.

In our data, Conboy authored 141 published opinions for the court (1988–1993). Most cited: Zola v. Gordon (85 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1988	Zola v. Gordon	685 F. Supp. 354	85
1993	Lenz v. Associated Inns & Restaurants Co. of America	833 F. Supp. 362	79
1990	Friedman v. Arizona World Nurseries Ltd. Partnership	730 F. Supp. 521	78
1991	National Artists Management Co., Inc. v. Weaving	769 F. Supp. 1224	74
1988	City of New York v. Exxon Corp.	697 F. Supp. 677	66
1988	L'Europeenne De Banque v. La Republica De Venezuela	700 F. Supp. 114	55
1991	Avondale Industries, Inc. v. Travelers Indemnity Co.	774 F. Supp. 1416	49
1989	Cullman Ventures, Inc. v. Columbian Art Works, Inc.	717 F. Supp. 96	48
1988	Mellencamp v. Riva Music Ltd.	698 F. Supp. 1154	44
1991	City of New York v. Exxon Corp.	766 F. Supp. 177	43
1991	Caspian Investments, Ltd. v. Vicom Holdings, Ltd.	770 F. Supp. 880	42
1990	International Standard Electric Corp. v. Bridas Sociedad Anonima Petrolera, Industrial Y Comercial	745 F. Supp. 172	39
1993	Goyette v. DCA Advertising Inc.	830 F. Supp. 737	37
1988	Avondale Industries, Inc. v. Travelers Indemnity Co.	697 F. Supp. 1314	37
1990	City of New York v. Exxon Corp.	744 F. Supp. 474	36

Showing the 15 most-cited of 141 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 Kenneth Conboy?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Kenneth Conboy to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1987.
Was Kenneth Conboy appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Kenneth Conboy was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Kenneth Conboy's confirmation vote?: Kenneth Conboy was confirmed by voice vote on December 19, 1987. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Kenneth Conboy on?: Kenneth Conboy was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Sources

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