Morris Edward Lasker
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1968 and confirmed by voice vote, Morris Edward Lasker was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1941. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1917–2009
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1968
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Harvard 1938 · Yale Law School 1941
- Succeeded
- Richard Harrington Levet
- Succeeded by
- John Mercer Walker Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Southern District of New York succeeded Richard Harrington Levet | 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
| Harvard University | B.A. | 1938 |
| Yale Law School | LL.B. | 1941 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Lasker was assigned 279 district-court cases (1980–1994). Median time from filing to termination: 542 days across 279 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, Lasker authored 644 published opinions for the court (1968–1994). Most cited: Rhem v. Malcolm (126 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Rhem v. Malcolm | 371 F. Supp. 594 | 126 |
| 1977 | Ingenito v. Bermec Corp. | 441 F. Supp. 525 | 82 |
| 1974 | Ingenito v. Bermec Corporation | 376 F. Supp. 1154 | 81 |
| 1972 | Martarella v. Kelley | 349 F. Supp. 575 | 80 |
| 1977 | Ladjevardian v. Laidlaw-Coggeshall, Inc. | 431 F. Supp. 834 | 77 |
| 1977 | Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. v. Schneider | 435 F. Supp. 742 | 74 |
| 1975 | Whitney v. Greater New York Corp. of Seventh-Day Adventists | 401 F. Supp. 1363 | 71 |
| 1980 | Roy Export Co. Establishment v. Columbia Broadcasting System Inc. | 503 F. Supp. 1137 | 69 |
| 1982 | Deary v. Guardian Loan Co., Inc. | 534 F. Supp. 1178 | 67 |
| 1984 | Dixon v. Heckler | 589 F. Supp. 1494 | 59 |
| 1980 | McNeilab, Inc. v. American Home Products Corp. | 501 F. Supp. 517 | 58 |
| 1986 | First Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n v. Oppenheim, Appel, Dixon & Co. | 629 F. Supp. 427 | 56 |
| 1981 | O'Connor & Associates v. Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc. | 529 F. Supp. 1179 | 55 |
| 1977 | United States v. Field | 432 F. Supp. 55 | 54 |
| 1976 | American Brands, Inc. v. R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. | 413 F. Supp. 1352 | 51 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 644 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 Morris Edward Lasker?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Morris Edward Lasker to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1968.
- Was Morris Edward Lasker appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Morris Edward Lasker was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Morris Edward Lasker's confirmation vote?
- Morris Edward Lasker was confirmed by voice vote on June 24, 1968. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Morris Edward Lasker on?
- Morris Edward Lasker 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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41 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).