Thomas Aquinas Flannery
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971 and confirmed by voice vote, Thomas Aquinas Flannery was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. He earned a law degree from Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law in 1940. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1918–2007
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1971
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Catholic of America, Columbus Law 1940
- Succeeded
- Leonard Patrick Walsh
- Succeeded by
- George Hughes Revercomb
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | District of Columbia succeeded Leonard Patrick Walsh | Nixon (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, Flannery was assigned 490 district-court cases (1976–2000). Median time from filing to termination: 335 days across 490 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, Flannery authored 188 published opinions for the court (1972–2000). Most cited: Vanover v. Hantman (188 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Vanover v. Hantman | 77 F. Supp. 2d 91 | 188 |
| 1981 | Gulf Oil Corp. v. Department of Energy | 514 F. Supp. 1019 | 55 |
| 1987 | Kozup v. Georgetown University | 663 F. Supp. 1048 | 54 |
| 1976 | Martin Marietta Corp. v. Evening Star Newspaper Co. | 417 F. Supp. 947 | 53 |
| 1986 | Independent Petrochemical Corp. v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. | 654 F. Supp. 1334 | 49 |
| 1996 | Heroes, Inc. v. Heroes Foundation | 958 F. Supp. 1 | 48 |
| 1986 | Newman v. Legal Services Corp. | 628 F. Supp. 535 | 48 |
| 1983 | United States v. Exxon Corp. | 561 F. Supp. 816 | 46 |
| 1978 | Logan v. District of Columbia | 447 F. Supp. 1328 | 44 |
| 1985 | National Organization for Women v. Mutual of Omaha Insurance | 612 F. Supp. 100 | 42 |
| 1976 | Curry-Bey v. Jackson | 422 F. Supp. 926 | 42 |
| 1974 | Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. v. Morton | 388 F. Supp. 829 | 42 |
| 1991 | Universal Health Services of McAllen, Inc. v. Sullivan | 770 F. Supp. 704 | 37 |
| 1981 | Quinto v. Legal Times of Washington, Inc. | 506 F. Supp. 554 | 35 |
| 1998 | United States Ex Rel. Amin v. George Washington University | 26 F. Supp. 2d 162 | 33 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 188 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 Thomas Aquinas Flannery?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Thomas Aquinas Flannery to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1971.
- Was Thomas Aquinas Flannery appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Thomas Aquinas Flannery was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Thomas Aquinas Flannery's confirmation vote?
- Thomas Aquinas Flannery was confirmed by voice vote on December 1, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Thomas Aquinas Flannery on?
- Thomas Aquinas Flannery was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
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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35 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).