Thomas Demetrios Lambros
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
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Northern District of Ohio | L.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
| Cleveland-Marshall College of Law | LL.B. | 1952 |
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.
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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Bush v. Kaim | 297 F. Supp. 151 | 29 |
| 1977 | River Services Co. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. | 449 F. Supp. 622 | 27 |
| 1973 | Smith v. City of East Cleveland | 363 F. Supp. 1131 | 26 |
| 1968 | O'NEILL v. United States | 281 F. Supp. 359 | 25 |
| 1982 | Ohio Public Interest Campaign v. Fisher Foods, Inc. | 546 F. Supp. 1 | 24 |
| 1970 | In Re Walter W. Willis, Inc. | 313 F. Supp. 1274 | 24 |
| 1976 | Jewel Companies, Inc. v. Westhall Co. | 413 F. Supp. 994 | 23 |
| 1974 | United States v. LaFatch | 382 F. Supp. 630 | 20 |
| 1984 | Sargent v. American Greetings Corp. | 588 F. Supp. 912 | 17 |
| 1968 | United States v. Laub Baking Co. | 283 F. Supp. 217 | 16 |
| 1984 | JV Peters & Co., Inc. v. Ruckelshaus | 584 F. Supp. 1005 | 15 |
| 1975 | Knipp v. Weikle | 405 F. Supp. 782 | 15 |
| 1974 | United States v. Perkins | 383 F. Supp. 922 | 15 |
| 1969 | Young v. That Was the Week That Was | 312 F. Supp. 1337 | 15 |
| 1977 | Mahoning Women's Center v. Hunter | 444 F. Supp. 12 | 14 |
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
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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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).