Milton Pollack
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967 and confirmed by voice vote, Milton Pollack 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 1929. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1906–2004
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1967
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Columbia 1927 · Columbia Law School 1929
- Succeeded
- Wilfred Feinberg
- Succeeded by
- Peter Keeton Leisure
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Southern District of New York succeeded Wilfred Feinberg | 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.A. | 1927 |
| Columbia Law School | J.D. | 1929 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Pollack was assigned 618 district-court cases (1972–2004). Median time from filing to termination: 400 days across 617 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, Pollack authored 478 published opinions for the court (1967–2004). Most cited: In Re Merrill Lynch & Co., Research Reports Securities Litigation (171 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | In Re Merrill Lynch & Co., Research Reports Securities Litigation | 273 F. Supp. 2d 351 | 171 |
| 1996 | In Re Prudential SEC. Inc. Ltd. Partner. Lit. | 930 F. Supp. 68 | 102 |
| 1983 | Moss v. Morgan Stanley Inc. | 553 F. Supp. 1347 | 79 |
| 1977 | Rodriguez v. Califano | 431 F. Supp. 421 | 75 |
| 2003 | In Re Merrill Lynch & Co. Research Reports Securities Litigation | 272 F. Supp. 2d 243 | 72 |
| 1972 | In Re Zsa Zsa Limited | 352 F. Supp. 665 | 68 |
| 1998 | In Re Sumitomo Copper Litigation | 995 F. Supp. 451 | 56 |
| 1993 | Securities & Exchange Commission v. Drexel Burnham Lambert Inc. | 837 F. Supp. 587 | 46 |
| 1986 | Anisfeld v. Cantor Fitzgerald & Co., Inc. | 631 F. Supp. 1461 | 46 |
| 1978 | Fox v. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. | 453 F. Supp. 561 | 45 |
| 1968 | Christophides v. Porco | 289 F. Supp. 403 | 45 |
| 1987 | Arden Way Associates v. Boesky | 660 F. Supp. 1494 | 43 |
| 1969 | Rage Books, Inc. v. Leary | 301 F. Supp. 546 | 40 |
| 1975 | Miller v. Wells Fargo Bank International Corp. | 406 F. Supp. 452 | 39 |
| 2003 | In Re Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. Research Reports | 289 F. Supp. 2d 416 | 34 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 478 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 Milton Pollack?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Milton Pollack to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1967.
- Was Milton Pollack appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Milton Pollack was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Milton Pollack's confirmation vote?
- Milton Pollack was confirmed by voice vote on June 12, 1967. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Milton Pollack on?
- Milton Pollack 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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37 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).