Who appointed Richard Conway Casey?

President William J. Clinton appointed Richard Conway Casey to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1997.

Was Richard Conway Casey appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Richard Conway Casey was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Richard Conway Casey's confirmation vote?

Richard Conway Casey was confirmed by voice vote on October 21, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of New York / Appointed 1997 / Served to 2007

Richard Conway Casey

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1997 and confirmed by voice vote, Richard Conway Casey was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law Center in 1958. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1933–2007
Appointed by: William J. Clinton, 1997
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: College of the Holy Cross 1955 · Georgetown College (now Georgetown) Law Center 1958
Succeeded: Charles Sherman Haight Jr.
Succeeded by: Cathy Seibel

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1997	Southern District of New York succeeded Charles Sherman Haight Jr.	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

College of the Holy Cross	B.S.	1955
Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law Center	LL.B.	1958

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Casey was assigned 2,044 district-court cases (1991–2007). Median time from filing to termination: 316 days across 2,044 closed cases.

Contract24%

Civil rights16%

Personal-injury torts11%

Labor & ERISA10%

Other federal statutes9%

Prisoner & habeas9%

Other22%

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 34 of Casey’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 33 were affirmed, 1 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, Casey authored 29 published opinions for the court (1998–2007). Most cited: In Re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001 (64 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
2006	In Re Terrorist Attacks on September 11, 2001	454 F. Supp. 2d 220	64
2004	Fezzani v. Bear, Stearns & Co., Inc.	384 F. Supp. 2d 618	36
2001	Zeising v. Kelly	152 F. Supp. 2d 335	36
2001	Pearl-Phil GMT (Far East) Ltd. v. Caldor Corp.	266 B.R. 575	26
2007	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Jones	476 F. Supp. 2d 374	24
2005	In Re Alcatel Securities Litigation	382 F. Supp. 2d 513	22
1999	AM Cosmetics, Inc. v. Solomon	67 F. Supp. 2d 312	22
2004	National Abortion Federation v. Ashcroft	330 F. Supp. 2d 436	19
2006	Maersk, Inc. v. Neewra, Inc.	443 F. Supp. 2d 519	14
2005	Allocco Recycling, Ltd. v. Doherty	378 F. Supp. 2d 348	13
2004	Papyrus Technology Corp. v. New York Stock Exchange, Inc.	325 F. Supp. 2d 270	13
2006	Sea Transport Contractors, Ltd. v. Industries Chemiques Du Senegal	411 F. Supp. 2d 386	9
2001	United States v. Gibson	175 F. Supp. 2d 532	9
2006	California Department of Water Resources v. Calpine Corp.	337 B.R. 27	8
2005	Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Enron Corp. v. Enron Corp. (In Re Enron Corp.)	335 B.R. 22	8

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 Richard Conway Casey?: President William J. Clinton appointed Richard Conway Casey to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1997.
Was Richard Conway Casey appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Richard Conway Casey was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Richard Conway Casey's confirmation vote?: Richard Conway Casey was confirmed by voice vote on October 21, 1997. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Richard Conway Casey on?: Richard Conway Casey was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

Sources

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9 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).