Vincent Lyons Broderick
Appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1976 and confirmed by voice vote, Vincent Lyons Broderick was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1948. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1920–1995
- Appointed by
- Gerald Ford, 1976
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Princeton 1941 · Harvard Law School 1948
- Succeeded
- Harold R. Tyler Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Allen G. Schwartz
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Southern District of New York succeeded Harold R. Tyler Jr. | Ford (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
| Princeton University | A.B. | 1941 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1948 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Broderick was assigned 963 district-court cases (1977–1995). Median time from filing to termination: 393 days across 963 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, Broderick authored 298 published opinions for the court (1977–1995). Most cited: Erwin DeMarino Trucking Co. v. Jackson (72 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Erwin DeMarino Trucking Co. v. Jackson | 838 F. Supp. 160 | 72 |
| 1987 | Contemporary Mission, Inc. v. New York Times Co. | 665 F. Supp. 248 | 42 |
| 1980 | Bellomo v. Pennsylvania Life Co. | 488 F. Supp. 744 | 42 |
| 1980 | Rowley v. Board of Education of the Hendrick Hudson Central School District | 483 F. Supp. 528 | 41 |
| 1989 | Hutton v. Klabal | 726 F. Supp. 67 | 39 |
| 1993 | Sluys v. Hand | 831 F. Supp. 321 | 38 |
| 1978 | United States v. Turkish | 458 F. Supp. 874 | 38 |
| 1978 | Sterling Television Presentations, Inc. v. Shintron Co. | 454 F. Supp. 183 | 38 |
| 1992 | Rednel Tower, Ltd. v. Riverside Nursing Home (In Re Riverside Nursing Home) | 144 B.R. 951 | 35 |
| 1991 | North Star Contracting Corp. v. McSpedon (In Re North Star Contracting Corp.) | 125 B.R. 368 | 35 |
| 1977 | Foster v. Litton Industries, Inc. | 431 F. Supp. 86 | 35 |
| 1980 | Chromalloy American Corp. v. Universal Housing Systems of America, Inc. | 495 F. Supp. 544 | 34 |
| 1977 | Becker v. Toia | 439 F. Supp. 324 | 32 |
| 1993 | Suss v. American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals | 823 F. Supp. 181 | 29 |
| 1986 | Clemente v. Bowen | 646 F. Supp. 1265 | 29 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 298 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 Vincent Lyons Broderick?
- President Gerald Ford appointed Vincent Lyons Broderick to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1976.
- Was Vincent Lyons Broderick appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Vincent Lyons Broderick was appointed by President Gerald Ford, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Vincent Lyons Broderick's confirmation vote?
- Vincent Lyons Broderick was confirmed by voice vote on September 23, 1976. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Vincent Lyons Broderick on?
- Vincent Lyons Broderick was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern 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 (The Third Branch newsletter) (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
See something wrong? Report an error. Fixes are logged in the corrections log.
18 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).