Northern District of Ohio / Appointed 1967 / Served to 1995

Thomas Demetrios Lambros

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967 and confirmed by voice vote, Thomas Demetrios Lambros was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. He earned a law degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law in 1952. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived
1930–2019
Appointed by
Lyndon B. Johnson, 1967
Confirmed
by voice vote
Education
Cleveland-Marshall College of Law 1952
Succeeded by
Donald C. Nugent

Federal judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
1967Northern District of OhioL.B. Johnson (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, Lambros was assigned 606 district-court cases (1984–1994). Median time from filing to termination: 279 days across 605 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts17%
Labor & ERISA13%
Contract12%
Civil rights12%
Prisoner & habeas11%
Social Security11%
Other24%

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, Lambros authored 82 published opinions for the court (1967–1994). Most cited: Bush v. Kaim (29 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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

YearCaseCitationCited
1969Bush v. Kaim297 F. Supp. 15129
1977River Services Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.449 F. Supp. 62227
1973Smith v. City of East Cleveland363 F. Supp. 113126
1968O'NEILL v. United States281 F. Supp. 35925
1982Ohio Public Interest Campaign v. Fisher Foods, Inc.546 F. Supp. 124
1970In Re Walter W. Willis, Inc.313 F. Supp. 127424
1976Jewel Companies, Inc. v. Westhall Co.413 F. Supp. 99423
1974United States v. LaFatch382 F. Supp. 63020
1984Sargent v. American Greetings Corp.588 F. Supp. 91217
1968United States v. Laub Baking Co.283 F. Supp. 21716
1984JV Peters & Co., Inc. v. Ruckelshaus584 F. Supp. 100515
1975Knipp v. Weikle405 F. Supp. 78215
1974United States v. Perkins383 F. Supp. 92215
1969Young v. That Was the Week That Was312 F. Supp. 133715
1977Mahoning Women's Center v. Hunter444 F. Supp. 1214

Showing the 15 most-cited of 82 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 Demetrios Lambros?
President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Thomas Demetrios Lambros to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio in 1967.
Was Thomas Demetrios Lambros appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
Thomas Demetrios Lambros was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Thomas Demetrios Lambros's confirmation vote?
Thomas Demetrios Lambros was confirmed by voice vote on August 18, 1967. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Thomas Demetrios Lambros on?
Thomas Demetrios Lambros was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Sources

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27 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).