Reginald C. Lindsay
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1993 and confirmed by voice vote, Reginald C. Lindsay was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1970. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1945–2009
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1993
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Morehouse College 1967 · Harvard Law School 1970
- Succeeded
- David Sutherland Nelson
- Succeeded by
- Denise Jefferson Casper
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | District of Massachusetts succeeded David Sutherland Nelson | Clinton (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
| Morehouse College | B.A. | 1967 |
| Harvard Law School | J.D. | 1970 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Lindsay was assigned 3,058 district-court cases (1983–2009). Median time from filing to termination: 290 days across 3,055 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 74 of Lindsay’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 71 were affirmed, 3 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, Lindsay authored 136 published opinions for the court (1994–2008). Most cited: Chatman v. Gentle Dental Center of Waltham (42 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Chatman v. Gentle Dental Center of Waltham | 973 F. Supp. 228 | 42 |
| 1997 | Brown v. Armstrong | 957 F. Supp. 1293 | 37 |
| 2001 | Tingley Systems, Inc. v. CSC Consulting, Inc. | 152 F. Supp. 2d 95 | 36 |
| 1997 | Chapin v. University of Massachusetts at Lowell | 977 F. Supp. 72 | 33 |
| 1996 | Gillette Co. v. Norelco Consumer Products Co. | 946 F. Supp. 115 | 27 |
| 2001 | Carney v. Cambridge Technology Partners, Inc. | 135 F. Supp. 2d 235 | 25 |
| 1997 | Smith v. Mitre Corp. | 949 F. Supp. 943 | 21 |
| 1996 | Motzkin v. Trustees of Boston University | 938 F. Supp. 983 | 21 |
| 2001 | In Re Galileo Corp. Shareholders Litigation | 127 F. Supp. 2d 251 | 19 |
| 2003 | Doe v. Seacamp Ass'n, Inc. | 276 F. Supp. 2d 222 | 18 |
| 2003 | In Re Stone & Webster, Inc., Securities Litigation | 253 F. Supp. 2d 102 | 16 |
| 1995 | Masso v. United Parcel Service of America, Inc. | 884 F. Supp. 610 | 16 |
| 2005 | Fletcher v. Tufts University | 367 F. Supp. 2d 99 | 15 |
| 1995 | Masonoff v. DuBois | 899 F. Supp. 782 | 15 |
| 1995 | Marcam Corp. v. Orchard | 885 F. Supp. 294 | 15 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 136 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 Reginald C. Lindsay?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Reginald C. Lindsay to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1993.
- Was Reginald C. Lindsay appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Reginald C. Lindsay was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Reginald C. Lindsay's confirmation vote?
- Reginald C. Lindsay was confirmed by voice vote on November 20, 1993. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Reginald C. Lindsay on?
- Reginald C. Lindsay was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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15 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).