Who appointed Neal Peters McCurn?

President Jimmy Carter appointed Neal Peters McCurn to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York in 1979.

Was Neal Peters McCurn appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Neal Peters McCurn was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Neal Peters McCurn's confirmation vote?

Neal Peters McCurn was confirmed by voice vote on October 31, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of New York / Appointed 1979 / Served to 2014

Neal Peters McCurn

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

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Neal Peters McCurn was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Syracuse University College of Law in 1952. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1926–2014
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1979
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Syracuse 1950 · Syracuse College of Law 1952
Succeeded by: Lawrence E. Kahn

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1979	Northern District of New York	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

Syracuse University	A.B.	1950
Syracuse University College of Law	LL.B.	1952

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, McCurn was assigned 1,595 district-court cases (1977–2011). Median time from filing to termination: 526 days across 1,595 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas25%

Civil rights16%

Personal-injury torts15%

Contract13%

Other federal statutes8%

Labor & ERISA8%

Other16%

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.

On appeal

Of 35 of McCurn’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 30 were affirmed, 4 reversed or vacated, and 1 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.

In our data, McCurn authored 305 published opinions for the court (1980–2011). Most cited: Wanamaker v. Columbian Rope Co. (55 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
1990	Wanamaker v. Columbian Rope Co.	740 F. Supp. 127	55
1980	Sierra Club v. Alexander	484 F. Supp. 455	53
1990	Aquatic Amusement Associates, Ltd. v. Walt Disney World Co.	734 F. Supp. 54	38
1990	Barletta v. Tedeschi	121 B.R. 669	37
1993	Cohn v. U.S. Trustee (In Re Ostas)	158 B.R. 312	34
1984	Pressimone v. Internal Revenue Service (In Re Pressimone)	39 B.R. 240	34
1981	Oneida Indian Nation of NY v. State of NY	520 F. Supp. 1278	33
1984	Bast v. Orange Meat Packing Co. (In Re G & L Packing Co.)	41 B.R. 903	32
1989	Capital Imaging Associates, P.C. v. Mohawk Valley Medical Associates, Inc.	725 F. Supp. 669	31
1992	McLaughlin v. New York, Governor's Office of Employee Relations	784 F. Supp. 961	30
1989	Johnson v. Eastern Band Cherokee Nation	718 F. Supp. 6	28
1986	United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. DJF Realty & Suppliers, Inc.	58 B.R. 1008	28
1984	Daisernia v. State of NY	582 F. Supp. 792	28
2003	Canadian St. Regis Band of Mohawk Indians Ex Rel. Francis v. New York	278 F. Supp. 2d 313	27
1988	State of NY v. Amro Realty Corp.	697 F. Supp. 99	27

Showing the 15 most-cited of 305 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 Neal Peters McCurn?: President Jimmy Carter appointed Neal Peters McCurn to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York in 1979.
Was Neal Peters McCurn appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Neal Peters McCurn was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Neal Peters McCurn's confirmation vote?: Neal Peters McCurn was confirmed by voice vote on October 31, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Neal Peters McCurn on?: Neal Peters McCurn was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York.

Sources

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34 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).