Peter Keeton Leisure
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and confirmed by voice vote, Peter Keeton Leisure was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1958. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1929–2013
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1984
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Yale 1952 · University of Virginia Law 1958
- Succeeded
- Milton Pollack
- Succeeded by
- William H. Pauley III
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Southern District of New York succeeded Milton Pollack | 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, Leisure was assigned 2,947 district-court cases (1977–2009). Median time from filing to termination: 310 days across 2,947 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 24 of Leisure’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 16 were affirmed, 1 reversed or vacated, and 7 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, Leisure authored 571 published opinions for the court (1984–2010). Most cited: DeLuca v. AccessIT Group, Inc. (447 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | DeLuca v. AccessIT Group, Inc. | 695 F. Supp. 2d 54 | 447 |
| 1998 | Encyclopedia Brown Productions, Ltd. v. Home Box Office, Inc. | 26 F. Supp. 2d 606 | 195 |
| 1989 | O'BRIEN v. National Property Analysts Partners | 719 F. Supp. 222 | 160 |
| 1990 | Schonberger v. Serchuk | 742 F. Supp. 108 | 119 |
| 2001 | Davidson v. Scully | 172 F. Supp. 2d 458 | 117 |
| 1994 | 800-Flowers, Inc. v. Intercontinental Florist, Inc. | 860 F. Supp. 128 | 115 |
| 2008 | Highland Capital Management, L.P. v. Schneider | 551 F. Supp. 2d 173 | 114 |
| 1985 | Mayer v. Josiah Wedgwood & Sons, Ltd. | 601 F. Supp. 1523 | 109 |
| 1985 | United States Football League v. National Football League | 605 F. Supp. 1448 | 105 |
| 2009 | Padilla v. Maersk Line, Ltd. | 636 F. Supp. 2d 256 | 94 |
| 2000 | Wahlstrom v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad | 89 F. Supp. 2d 506 | 82 |
| 2005 | Indian Harbor Insurance v. Factory Mutual Insurance | 419 F. Supp. 2d 395 | 77 |
| 2006 | Beatie and Osborn LLP v. Patriot Scientific Corp. | 431 F. Supp. 2d 367 | 75 |
| 2000 | A v. by Versace, Inc. v. Gianni Versace, S.P.A. | 87 F. Supp. 2d 281 | 74 |
| 1987 | Brandon v. Bowen | 666 F. Supp. 604 | 73 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 571 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 Peter Keeton Leisure?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Peter Keeton Leisure to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1984.
- Was Peter Keeton Leisure appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Peter Keeton Leisure was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Peter Keeton Leisure's confirmation vote?
- Peter Keeton Leisure was confirmed by voice vote on June 15, 1984. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Peter Keeton Leisure on?
- Peter Keeton Leisure was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.
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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29 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).