T. F. Gilroy Daly
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 and confirmed by voice vote, T. F. Gilroy Daly was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1957. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1931–1996
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1977
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Georgetown College (now Georgetown) 1952 · Yale Law School 1957
- Succeeded
- Robert Carmine Zampano
- Succeeded by
- Janet C. Hall
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | District of Connecticut succeeded Robert Carmine Zampano | 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
| Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) | B.A. | 1952 |
| Yale Law School | LL.B. | 1957 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Daly was assigned 2,063 district-court cases (1981–1996). Median time from filing to termination: 312 days across 2,063 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.
In our data, Daly authored 122 published opinions for the court (1977–1996). Most cited: Gaetano v. Payco of Wisconsin, Inc. (47 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Gaetano v. Payco of Wisconsin, Inc. | 774 F. Supp. 1404 | 47 |
| 1988 | Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. v. Wonder Corp. of America (In Re Wonder Corp. of America) | 82 B.R. 186 | 46 |
| 1978 | Stuart v. Nappi | 443 F. Supp. 1235 | 44 |
| 1979 | Bowman v. Grolsche Bierbrouwerij B.V. | 474 F. Supp. 725 | 36 |
| 1992 | United States v. Osorio | 801 F. Supp. 966 | 35 |
| 1995 | In Re State Police Litigation | 888 F. Supp. 1235 | 32 |
| 1982 | Bailey Employment System, Inc. v. Hahn | 545 F. Supp. 62 | 32 |
| 1989 | Maturo v. National Graphics, Inc. | 722 F. Supp. 916 | 31 |
| 1988 | Concerned Tenants of Father Panik Village v. Pierce | 685 F. Supp. 316 | 30 |
| 1981 | Lasko v. Consumers Petroleum of Connecticut, Inc. | 547 F. Supp. 211 | 28 |
| 1979 | Brach v. Nelson | 472 F. Supp. 569 | 28 |
| 1989 | Manufacturers Technologies, Inc. v. Cams, Inc. | 706 F. Supp. 984 | 26 |
| 1986 | Clark v. City of Bridgeport | 645 F. Supp. 890 | 25 |
| 1977 | Green v. Nelson | 442 F. Supp. 1047 | 24 |
| 1985 | Miles v. Bell | 621 F. Supp. 51 | 22 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 122 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 T. F. Gilroy Daly?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed T. F. Gilroy Daly to the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut in 1977.
- Was T. F. Gilroy Daly appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- T. F. Gilroy Daly was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was T. F. Gilroy Daly's confirmation vote?
- T. F. Gilroy Daly was confirmed by voice vote on August 5, 1977. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was T. F. Gilroy Daly on?
- T. F. Gilroy Daly was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut.
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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18 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).