Richard Paul Conaboy
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Richard Paul Conaboy was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. He earned a law degree from Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1925–2018
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Scranton 1945 · Catholic of America, Columbus Law 1950
- Succeeded by
- A. Richard Caputo
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Middle District of Pennsylvania | Carter (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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Conaboy was assigned 4,682 district-court cases (1978–2018). Median time from filing to termination: 162 days across 4,682 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 195 of Conaboy’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 174 were affirmed, 11 reversed or vacated, and 10 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, Conaboy authored 146 published opinions for the court (1979–2011). Most cited: Leslie v. Barnhart (541 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Leslie v. Barnhart | 304 F. Supp. 2d 623 | 541 |
| 1992 | Young v. Keohane | 809 F. Supp. 1185 | 216 |
| 2006 | Transguard Ins. Co. of America, Inc. v. Hinchey | 464 F. Supp. 2d 425 | 49 |
| 1992 | Veteto v. Miller | 829 F. Supp. 1486 | 42 |
| 1991 | Ambrogi v. Gould, Inc. | 750 F. Supp. 1233 | 34 |
| 1983 | McDonald v. United States | 555 F. Supp. 935 | 31 |
| 1988 | Piccolini v. Simon's Wrecking | 686 F. Supp. 1063 | 30 |
| 1979 | Pierce-Phelps, Inc. v. Hollock (In Re Hollock) | 1 B.R. 212 | 29 |
| 1995 | Gould Inc. v. a & M Battery and Tire Service | 901 F. Supp. 906 | 26 |
| 1991 | Lutz v. Lavelle | 809 F. Supp. 323 | 26 |
| 1992 | United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. Barron Industries, Inc. | 809 F. Supp. 355 | 24 |
| 1989 | Handley v. Phillips | 715 F. Supp. 657 | 24 |
| 2005 | Foley v. Barnhart | 432 F. Supp. 2d 465 | 22 |
| 1983 | Washington Petroleum & Supply Co. v. Girard Bank | 629 F. Supp. 1224 | 22 |
| 2009 | Burke v. TransAm Trucking, Inc. | 605 F. Supp. 2d 647 | 20 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 146 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 Paul Conaboy?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Richard Paul Conaboy to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania in 1979.
- Was Richard Paul Conaboy appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Richard Paul Conaboy was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Richard Paul Conaboy's confirmation vote?
- Richard Paul Conaboy was confirmed by voice vote on July 23, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Richard Paul Conaboy on?
- Richard Paul Conaboy was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
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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39 years on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).