Who appointed Lee Parsons Gagliardi?

President Richard M. Nixon appointed Lee Parsons Gagliardi to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1971.

Was Lee Parsons Gagliardi appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Lee Parsons Gagliardi was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Lee Parsons Gagliardi's confirmation vote?

Lee Parsons Gagliardi was confirmed by voice vote on December 11, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of New York / Appointed 1971 / Served to 1998

Lee Parsons Gagliardi

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

Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971 and confirmed by voice vote, Lee Parsons Gagliardi was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1947. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1918–1998
Appointed by: Richard M. Nixon, 1971
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Williams College 1941 · Columbia Law School 1947
Succeeded by: Richard Joseph Daronco

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1971	Southern District of New York	Nixon (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

Williams College	A.B.	1941
Columbia Law School	LL.B.	1947

Judicial Record

In our data, Gagliardi authored 85 published opinions for the court (1972–1995). Most cited: Gross v. Diversified Mortgage Investors (115 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1977	Gross v. Diversified Mortgage Investors	431 F. Supp. 1080	115
1977	Top Form Mills, Inc. v. Sociedad Nationale Industria Applicazioni Viscosa	428 F. Supp. 1237	66
1979	Orth-O-Vision, Inc. v. Home Box Office	474 F. Supp. 672	58
1977	Skandia America Reinsurance Corp. v. Schenck	441 F. Supp. 715	53
1973	United States v. Mitchell	372 F. Supp. 1239	49
1978	Ali v. Playgirl, Inc.	447 F. Supp. 723	45
1979	Fairchild, Arabatzis & Smith v. Prometco (Prod. & Metals)	470 F. Supp. 610	38
1981	Hadar Leasing International Co. v. D. H. Overmyer Telecasting Co. (In Re Hadar Leasing International Co.)	14 B.R. 819	34
1977	Bacon v. Toia	437 F. Supp. 1371	30
1981	Landmark Land Co., Inc. v. Sprague	529 F. Supp. 971	29
1978	Lemmelin v. Haven Industries, Inc.	462 F. Supp. 172	26
1979	United Technologies Corp. v. Citibank, N.A.	469 F. Supp. 473	25
1977	Matthysse v. Securities Processing Services, Inc.	444 F. Supp. 1009	25
1979	Marbury Management, Inc. v. Kohn	470 F. Supp. 509	23
1978	Ruffler v. Phelps Memorial Hospital	453 F. Supp. 1062	23

Showing the 15 most-cited of 85 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 Lee Parsons Gagliardi?: President Richard M. Nixon appointed Lee Parsons Gagliardi to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1971.
Was Lee Parsons Gagliardi appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Lee Parsons Gagliardi was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Lee Parsons Gagliardi's confirmation vote?: Lee Parsons Gagliardi was confirmed by voice vote on December 11, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Lee Parsons Gagliardi on?: Lee Parsons Gagliardi was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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26 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).