Who appointed Paul Conway Leahy?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Paul Conway Leahy to the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in 1942.

Was Paul Conway Leahy appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Paul Conway Leahy was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Paul Conway Leahy's confirmation vote?

Paul Conway Leahy was confirmed by voice vote on January 7, 1942. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Delaware / Appointed 1942 / Served to 1966

Paul Conway Leahy

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1942 and confirmed by voice vote, Paul Conway Leahy was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware. He earned a law degree from University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) in 1929. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1904–1966
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1942
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Delaware 1926 · University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School) 1929
Succeeded: John Percy Nields
Succeeded by: Edwin DeHaven Steel Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1942	District of Delaware succeeded John Percy Nields	F.D. Roosevelt (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

University of Delaware	B.S.	1926
University of Pennsylvania Law School (now Carey Law School)	LL.B.	1929

Judicial Record

In our data, Leahy authored 134 published opinions for the court (1942–1964). Most cited: Speed v. Transamerica Corp. (110 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1951	Speed v. Transamerica Corp.	99 F. Supp. 808	110
1956	Tobacco & Allied Stocks, Inc. v. Transamerica Corp.	143 F. Supp. 323	68
1954	Zenith Radio Corp. v. Radio Corp. of America	121 F. Supp. 792	62
1956	Sorensen v. the Overland Corporation	142 F. Supp. 354	52
1955	Speed v. Transamerica Corporation	135 F. Supp. 176	47
1943	Geller v. Transamerica Corporation	53 F. Supp. 625	42
1942	Allen v. Radio Corporation of America	47 F. Supp. 244	36
1953	Henis v. Compania Agricola De Guatemala	116 F. Supp. 223	35
1953	United States v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours & Co.	118 F. Supp. 41	32
1951	International Industries, Inc. v. Warren Petroleum Corp.	99 F. Supp. 907	31
1961	Truitt v. Gaines	199 F. Supp. 143	27
1943	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Fiscal Fund, Inc.	48 F. Supp. 712	27
1962	Glickenhaus v. Lytton Financial Corporation	205 F. Supp. 102	25
1951	Gulf Research & Development Co. v. Schlumberger Well Surveying Corp.	98 F. Supp. 198	23
1951	Telechron, Inc. v. Telicon Corp.	97 F. Supp. 131	23

Showing the 15 most-cited of 134 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 Paul Conway Leahy?: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Paul Conway Leahy to the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware in 1942.
Was Paul Conway Leahy appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Paul Conway Leahy was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Paul Conway Leahy's confirmation vote?: Paul Conway Leahy was confirmed by voice vote on January 7, 1942. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Paul Conway Leahy on?: Paul Conway Leahy was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware.

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