Mortimer W. Byers
Appointed by President Herbert Hoover in 1929 and confirmed by voice vote, Mortimer W. Byers was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1898. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1877–1962
- Appointed by
- Herbert Hoover, 1929
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Columbia Law School 1898
- Succeeded by
- Jacob Mishler
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | Eastern District of New York | Hoover (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
| Columbia Law School | LL.B. | 1898 |
Judicial Record
In our data, Byers authored 67 published opinions for the court (1933–1962). Most cited: Dimock v. Corwin (37 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Dimock v. Corwin | 19 F. Supp. 56 | 37 |
| 1937 | United States v. Sergio | 21 F. Supp. 553 | 21 |
| 1949 | President & Directors of Manhattan Co. v. Monogram Associates, Inc. | 81 F. Supp. 739 | 19 |
| 1939 | Gallagher v. Carroll | 27 F. Supp. 568 | 19 |
| 1945 | Conmar Products Corporation v. Tibony | 63 F. Supp. 372 | 15 |
| 1957 | Winsor v. United Air Lines, Inc. | 153 F. Supp. 244 | 14 |
| 1957 | Sperry Rand Corp. v. Nassau Research & Development Associates, Inc. | 152 F. Supp. 91 | 14 |
| 1947 | Philip A. Hunt Co. v. Mallinckrodt Chemical Works | 72 F. Supp. 865 | 14 |
| 1954 | Petition of Caputo | 118 F. Supp. 870 | 13 |
| 1951 | Garden City Chamber of Commerce, Inc. v. Wagner | 100 F. Supp. 769 | 12 |
| 1946 | The Medford | 65 F. Supp. 622 | 12 |
| 1950 | Bendix Aviation Corporation v. Kury | 88 F. Supp. 243 | 11 |
| 1952 | American Automobile Ass'n v. Rothman | 104 F. Supp. 655 | 10 |
| 1952 | Champion Spark Plug Co. v. Sanders | 108 F. Supp. 674 | 9 |
| 1950 | Alexander v. Peter Holding Co. | 94 F. Supp. 299 | 9 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 67 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 Mortimer W. Byers?
- President Herbert Hoover appointed Mortimer W. Byers to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1929.
- Was Mortimer W. Byers appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Mortimer W. Byers was appointed by President Herbert Hoover, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Mortimer W. Byers's confirmation vote?
- Mortimer W. Byers was confirmed by voice vote on November 20, 1929. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Mortimer W. Byers on?
- Mortimer W. Byers was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: The Brooklyn Daily Times (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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32 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).