Mary Johnson Lowe
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978 and confirmed by voice vote, Mary Johnson Lowe was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She earned a law degree from Brooklyn Law School in 1954. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1924–1999
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1978
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Hunter College, City of New York 1951 · Brooklyn Law School 1954
- Succeeded
- John Matthew Cannella
- Succeeded by
- Denise Cote
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Southern District of New York succeeded John Matthew Cannella | Carter (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
| Hunter College, City University of New York | B.A. | 1951 |
| Brooklyn Law School | LL.B. | 1954 |
| Columbia Law School | LL.M. | 1955 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Lowe was assigned 656 district-court cases (1982–1998). Median time from filing to termination: 792 days across 656 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.
In our data, Lowe authored 99 published opinions for the court (1979–2011). Most cited: Daniels v. Loizzo (70 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Daniels v. Loizzo | 986 F. Supp. 245 | 70 |
| 1992 | Chatelain v. Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc. | 805 F. Supp. 209 | 35 |
| 1990 | In Re Axona International Credit & Commerce Ltd. | 115 B.R. 442 | 34 |
| 1997 | DeVito Ex Rel. Estate of DeVito v. Pension Plan of Local 819 I.B.T. Pension Fund | 975 F. Supp. 258 | 33 |
| 1982 | United States v. Mannino | 551 F. Supp. 13 | 33 |
| 1981 | Ross v. Saltmarsh | 521 F. Supp. 753 | 30 |
| 1998 | Wahad v. Federal Bureau of Investigation | 994 F. Supp. 237 | 25 |
| 1991 | Church of Scientology International v. Eli Lilly & Co. | 778 F. Supp. 661 | 24 |
| 1990 | Glover v. Crestwood Lake Section 1 Holding Corporations | 746 F. Supp. 301 | 24 |
| 1981 | Women in City Government United v. City of New York | 515 F. Supp. 295 | 24 |
| 1982 | Lemelson v. Carolina Enterprises, Inc. | 541 F. Supp. 645 | 23 |
| 1986 | In Re Chateaugay Corp. | 64 B.R. 990 | 22 |
| 1981 | Zaretsky v. EF Hutton & Co., Inc. | 509 F. Supp. 68 | 22 |
| 1998 | Herman v. Blockbuster Entertainment Group | 18 F. Supp. 2d 304 | 21 |
| 1984 | Eurim-Pharm GmbH v. Pfizer Inc. | 593 F. Supp. 1102 | 21 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 99 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 Mary Johnson Lowe?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Mary Johnson Lowe to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1978.
- Was Mary Johnson Lowe appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Mary Johnson Lowe was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Mary Johnson Lowe's confirmation vote?
- Mary Johnson Lowe was confirmed by voice vote on June 23, 1978. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Mary Johnson Lowe on?
- Mary Johnson Lowe was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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20 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).