Who appointed Lawrence Aloysius Whipple?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Lawrence Aloysius Whipple to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1967.

Was Lawrence Aloysius Whipple appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Lawrence Aloysius Whipple was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Lawrence Aloysius Whipple's confirmation vote?

Lawrence Aloysius Whipple was confirmed by voice vote on October 12, 1967. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of New Jersey / Appointed 1967 / Served to 1983

Lawrence Aloysius Whipple

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967 and confirmed by voice vote, Lawrence Aloysius Whipple was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. He earned a law degree from John Marshall Law School, Jersey City, New Jersey in 1939. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1910–1983
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1967
Confirmed: by voice vote
Chief judge: District of New Jersey, 1974 to 1978
Education: Columbia 1933 · John Marshall Law School, Jersey City, New Jersey 1939
Succeeded: Thomas Francis Meaney
Succeeded by: H. Lee Sarokin

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1967	District of New Jersey succeeded Thomas Francis Meaney chief judge 1974 to 1978	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

Columbia University	B.S.	1933
John Marshall Law School, Jersey City, New Jersey	LL.B.	1939

Before the bench

Professional career before and outside the federal bench, as recorded by the Federal Judicial Center.

Private practice	1939-1949
Acting U.S. magistrate, U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey	1949-1951
Director of law enforcement, New Jersey Office of Public Safety	1950
Special assistant to the U.S. attorney, District of New Jersey	1951
Executive director, Jersey City [New Jersey] Housing Authority	1953
Director of public safety, Jersey City, New Jersey	1953-1957
Director, New Jersey Department of Revenue and Finance	1957
County counsel, Hudson County, New Jersey	1957-1958
Deputy attorney general, State of New Jersey	1958
Prosecutor, Hudson County, New Jersey	1958-1962
Judge, Superior Court of New Jersey	1963-1967
Member, Judicial Conference of the United States	1975-1978

Judicial Record

In our data, Whipple authored 51 published opinions for the court (1968–1982). Most cited: Pace v. Fauver (62 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
1979	Pace v. Fauver	479 F. Supp. 456	62
1981	Cibenko v. Worth Publishers, Inc.	510 F. Supp. 761	57
1979	Chatlos Systems, Inc. v. National Cash Register Corp.	479 F. Supp. 738	54
1980	Caesars World, Inc. v. Caesar's Palace	490 F. Supp. 818	41
1972	Tully v. Mott Supermarkets, Inc.	337 F. Supp. 834	31
1982	Sentner v. Amtrak	540 F. Supp. 557	29
1981	Meltzer v. Zoller	520 F. Supp. 847	28
1971	Farmingdale Supermarket, Inc. v. United States	336 F. Supp. 534	26
1974	United States v. Gross	375 F. Supp. 971	20
1973	Kan Kam Lin v. Rinaldi	361 F. Supp. 177	19
1976	United States v. Lipowski	423 F. Supp. 864	17
1980	Hild v. Bruner	496 F. Supp. 93	16
1977	Midland Bank & Trust Co. v. Fid. & Deposit Co. of Md.	442 F. Supp. 960	16
1980	Hartford Fire Insurance Co. v. Francis (In Re Pritchard & Baird, Inc.)	8 B.R. 265	14
1978	Essential Communication System, Inc. v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co.	446 F. Supp. 1090	14

Showing the 15 most-cited of 51 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 Lawrence Aloysius Whipple?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Lawrence Aloysius Whipple to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey in 1967.
Was Lawrence Aloysius Whipple appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Lawrence Aloysius Whipple was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Lawrence Aloysius Whipple's confirmation vote?: Lawrence Aloysius Whipple was confirmed by voice vote on October 12, 1967. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Lawrence Aloysius Whipple on?: Lawrence Aloysius Whipple was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey.

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15 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey. Data as of 2026-09-28. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).