Patrick Anthony Conmy
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1985 and confirmed by voice vote, Patrick Anthony Conmy is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota. He earned a law degree from Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law Center in 1959. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1934 · age 92
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1985
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Harvard College 1955 · Georgetown College (now Georgetown) Law Center 1959
- Succeeded
- Bruce Marion Van Sickle
- Succeeded by
- Daniel L. Hovland
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | District of North Dakota succeeded Bruce Marion Van Sickle | Reagan (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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Conmy was assigned 1,693 district-court cases (1985–2013). Median time from filing to termination: 200 days across 1,691 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.
On appeal
Of 16 of Conmy’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 14 were affirmed, 2 reversed or vacated. 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, Conmy authored 29 published opinions for the court (1986–1998). Most cited: In Re Russell (31 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | In Re Russell | 93 B.R. 703 | 31 |
| 1989 | Mercier v. Mercier | 721 F. Supp. 1124 | 12 |
| 1998 | United States v. Neset | 10 F. Supp. 2d 1113 | 11 |
| 1988 | Alleghany Corp. v. Pomeroy | 700 F. Supp. 460 | 8 |
| 1988 | Armstrong v. Hursman (In Re Hursman) | 106 B.R. 625 | 8 |
| 1988 | Alleghany Corp. v. Pomeroy | 698 F. Supp. 809 | 8 |
| 1990 | Haugen v. Butler MacHinery, Inc. (In Re Haugen) | 120 B.R. 124 | 7 |
| 1989 | Craven v. City of Minot, ND | 730 F. Supp. 1511 | 7 |
| 1989 | Butler MacHinery, Inc. v. Haugen (In Re Haugen Construction Services, Inc.) | 104 B.R. 1013 | 6 |
| 1986 | Jensen v. Satran | 633 F. Supp. 1187 | 5 |
| 1993 | Werner v. Hofmann | 161 B.R. 998 | 4 |
| 1987 | Kingsley v. First American Bank of Casselton (In Re Kingsley) | 92 B.R. 898 | 4 |
| 1986 | Oil, Chemical & Atomic Workers, Local 6-10, AFL-CIO v. Amoco Oil Co. | 653 F. Supp. 300 | 4 |
| 1995 | Devils Lake Sioux Indian Tribe v. ND PUB. SERV. | 896 F. Supp. 955 | 3 |
| 1993 | Wagner v. Armstrong (In Re Wagner) | 159 B.R. 268 | 3 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 29 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 Patrick Anthony Conmy?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Patrick Anthony Conmy to the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota in 1985.
- Was Patrick Anthony Conmy appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Patrick Anthony Conmy was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Patrick Anthony Conmy's confirmation vote?
- Patrick Anthony Conmy was confirmed by voice vote on December 16, 1985. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Patrick Anthony Conmy on?
- Patrick Anthony Conmy is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota.
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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40 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of North Dakota. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).