Oliver Gasch
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1965 and confirmed by voice vote, Oliver Gasch was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He earned a law degree from George Washington University Law School in 1932. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1906–1999
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1965
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Princeton 1928 · George Washington Law School 1932
- Succeeded
- Edward Allen Tamm
- Succeeded by
- Thomas Penfield Jackson
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | District of Columbia succeeded Edward Allen Tamm | 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
| Princeton University | A.B. | 1928 |
| George Washington University Law School | LL.B. | 1932 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Gasch was assigned 476 district-court cases (1982–1996). Median time from filing to termination: 264 days across 476 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, Gasch authored 281 published opinions for the court (1965–1995). Most cited: United States v. Parrott (45 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | United States v. Parrott | 248 F. Supp. 196 | 45 |
| 1977 | Disabled Officer's Ass'n v. Rumsfeld | 428 F. Supp. 454 | 43 |
| 1969 | United States v. Paiva | 294 F. Supp. 742 | 41 |
| 1978 | Securities & Exchange Commission v. Page Airways, Inc. | 464 F. Supp. 461 | 40 |
| 1966 | United States v. Baker | 262 F. Supp. 657 | 40 |
| 1976 | Metropolitan Life Insurance v. Usery | 426 F. Supp. 150 | 39 |
| 1987 | National Railroad Passenger v. Consolidated Rail Corp. | 670 F. Supp. 424 | 36 |
| 1979 | Caribe Trailer Systems, Inc. v. Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority | 475 F. Supp. 711 | 35 |
| 1987 | Srour v. Barnes | 670 F. Supp. 18 | 34 |
| 1967 | City Stores Company v. Ammerman | 266 F. Supp. 766 | 34 |
| 1978 | Malloy v. United States Dept. of Justice | 457 F. Supp. 543 | 32 |
| 1971 | Environmental Defense Fund v. Hardin | 325 F. Supp. 1401 | 32 |
| 1976 | National Ass'n of Government Employees v. Rumsfeld | 413 F. Supp. 1224 | 30 |
| 1978 | Ipitrade International, S.A. v. Federal Republic of Nigeria | 465 F. Supp. 824 | 29 |
| 1990 | Juliano v. Federal Asset Disposition Ass'n (FADA) | 736 F. Supp. 348 | 28 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 281 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 Oliver Gasch?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Oliver Gasch to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1965.
- Was Oliver Gasch appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Oliver Gasch was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Oliver Gasch's confirmation vote?
- Oliver Gasch was confirmed by voice vote on August 11, 1965. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Oliver Gasch on?
- Oliver Gasch was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
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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33 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).