Who appointed Nils Andreas Boe?

President Richard M. Nixon appointed Nils Andreas Boe to the U.S. Customs Court in 1971.

Was Nils Andreas Boe appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Nils Andreas Boe was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Nils Andreas Boe's confirmation vote?

Nils Andreas Boe was confirmed by voice vote on August 6, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

U.S. Court of International Trade / Appointed 1980 / Served to 1992

Nils Andreas Boe

Judge, U.S. Court of International Trade

Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971 and confirmed by voice vote, Nils Andreas Boe was a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade. He earned a law degree from University of Wisconsin Law School in 1937. He previously served on the U.S. Customs Court. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1913–1992
Appointed by: Richard M. Nixon, 1971
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Wisconsin 1935 · University of Wisconsin Law School 1937
Succeeded by: Nicholas Tsoucalas

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1971	U.S. Customs Court succeeded Samuel Murray Rosenstein	Nixon (R)	Voice vote
1980	U.S. Court of International Trade	Reassigned	–

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

University of Wisconsin	A.B.	1935
University of Wisconsin Law School	LL.B.	1937

Judicial Record

In our data, Boe authored 36 published opinions for the court (1972–1984). Most cited: Budd Co. Railway Division v. United States (31 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1980	Budd Co. Railway Division v. United States	507 F. Supp. 997	31
1984	Kyowa Gas Chemical Industry Co., Ltd. v. United States	582 F. Supp. 887	21
1984	Roquette Freres v. United States	583 F. Supp. 599	19
1983	United States v. Atkinson	575 F. Supp. 791	19
1979	Texas Instruments Inc. v. United States	475 F. Supp. 1183	17
1981	Texas Instruments Inc. v. United States	518 F. Supp. 1341	16
1981	Corporacion Sublistatica, SA v. United States	511 F. Supp. 805	15
1977	Knickerbocker Liquors Corp. v. United States	432 F. Supp. 1347	11
1983	Schaper Manufacturing Co. v. Regan	566 F. Supp. 894	10
1981	Industrial Fasteners Group, American Importers Ass'n v. United States	525 F. Supp. 885	10
1979	Texas Instruments Inc. v. United States	475 F. Supp. 1193	10
1982	Freres v. United States	554 F. Supp. 1246	9
1978	Hawaiian Independent Refinery v. United States	460 F. Supp. 1249	9
1981	Haarman & Reimer Corp. v. United States	509 F. Supp. 1276	8
1972	Andrew Dossett Imports, Inc. v. United States	351 F. Supp. 1404	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 36 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 Nils Andreas Boe?: President Richard M. Nixon appointed Nils Andreas Boe to the U.S. Customs Court in 1971.
Was Nils Andreas Boe appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Nils Andreas Boe was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Nils Andreas Boe's confirmation vote?: Nils Andreas Boe was confirmed by voice vote on August 6, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Nils Andreas Boe on?: Nils Andreas Boe was a Judge on the U.S. Court of International Trade.

Sources

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11 years on the U.S. Court of International Trade. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).