Thomas Collier Platt Jr.
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1974 and confirmed by voice vote, Thomas Collier Platt Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Yale Law School in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1925–2017
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1974
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Yale 1947 · Yale Law School 1950
- Succeeded
- George Rosling
- Succeeded by
- Sandra J. Feuerstein
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Eastern District of New York succeeded George Rosling | 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
| Yale University | B.A. | 1947 |
| Yale Law School | LL.B. | 1950 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Platt was assigned 6,500 district-court cases (1970–2012). Median time from filing to termination: 348 days across 6,429 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 58 of Platt’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 45 were affirmed, 8 reversed or vacated, and 5 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, Platt authored 386 published opinions for the court (1974–2009). Most cited: Pereira v. Checkmate Communications Co. (In Re Checkmate Stereo & Electronics, Ltd.) (63 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Pereira v. Checkmate Communications Co. (In Re Checkmate Stereo & Electronics, Ltd.) | 21 B.R. 402 | 63 |
| 1994 | Dial-A-Mattress Operating Corp. v. Mattress Madness, Inc. | 841 F. Supp. 1339 | 56 |
| 1984 | Musso v. Tesmetges (In Re Tesmetges) | 47 B.R. 385 | 42 |
| 1977 | National Equipment Rental, Ltd. v. Priority Electronics Corp. | 435 F. Supp. 236 | 41 |
| 1988 | Leake v. Long Island Jewish Medical Center | 695 F. Supp. 1414 | 40 |
| 1978 | In Re Franklin Nat. Bank Securities Litigation | 445 F. Supp. 723 | 40 |
| 1990 | Morrow v. Black | 742 F. Supp. 1199 | 39 |
| 1991 | Ecolab Inc. v. Paolo | 753 F. Supp. 1100 | 36 |
| 1990 | Farley v. Coffee Cupboard, Inc. (In Re Coffee Cupboard, Inc.) | 119 B.R. 14 | 36 |
| 1975 | Lazofsky v. Sommerset Bus Co., Inc. | 389 F. Supp. 1041 | 36 |
| 1980 | Savodnik v. Korvettes, Inc. | 488 F. Supp. 822 | 34 |
| 1986 | Consolidated Brands, Inc. v. Mondi | 638 F. Supp. 152 | 33 |
| 1988 | Kovitz v. Tesmetges (In Re Tesmetges) | 86 B.R. 21 | 32 |
| 1986 | Williams v. State University of New York | 635 F. Supp. 1243 | 32 |
| 1976 | Allegaert v. Chemical Bank | 418 F. Supp. 690 | 31 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 386 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 Collier Platt Jr.?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Thomas Collier Platt Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York in 1974.
- Was Thomas Collier Platt Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Thomas Collier Platt Jr. 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 Collier Platt Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Thomas Collier Platt Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on March 1, 1974. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Thomas Collier Platt Jr. on?
- Thomas Collier Platt Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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42 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).