Who appointed Vincent L. Leibell?

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Vincent L. Leibell to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1936.

Was Vincent L. Leibell appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Vincent L. Leibell was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Vincent L. Leibell's confirmation vote?

Vincent L. Leibell was confirmed by voice vote on June 16, 1936. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of New York / Appointed 1936 / Served to 1968

Vincent L. Leibell

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York

Appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1936 and confirmed by voice vote, Vincent L. Leibell was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Fordham University School of Law in 1908. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1883–1968
Appointed by: Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1936
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Fordham Law 1908
Succeeded: Francis Asbury Winslow
Succeeded by: Alexander Bicks

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1936	Southern District of New York succeeded Francis Asbury Winslow	F.D. Roosevelt (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

St. Francis Xavier College	M.A.	1905
Fordham University School of Law	LL.B.	1908

Judicial Record

In our data, Leibell authored 125 published opinions for the court (1936–1964). Most cited: Osborne v. Mallory (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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1949	Osborne v. Mallory	86 F. Supp. 869	63
1948	Alden-Rochelle, Inc. v. American Soc. of Composers, Authors & Publishers	80 F. Supp. 888	54
1942	Winkelman v. General Motors Corporation	44 F. Supp. 960	49
1942	Winkelman v. General Motors Corporation	48 F. Supp. 490	47
1940	Samuel Goldwyn, Inc. v. United Artists Corporation	35 F. Supp. 633	46
1937	Brandstein v. White Lamps, Inc.	20 F. Supp. 369	41
1940	Munzer v. Swedish American Line	35 F. Supp. 493	36
1945	Craftsman Finance & Mortgage Co. v. Brown	64 F. Supp. 168	35
1946	San Carlo Opera Co. v. Conley	72 F. Supp. 825	34
1952	Komlos v. Compagnie Nationale Air France	111 F. Supp. 393	31
1949	Middle East Agency v. the John B. Waterman	86 F. Supp. 487	31
1937	The Grasselli Chemical Co. No. 4.	20 F. Supp. 394	29
1947	In Re Raabe, Glissman & Co.	71 F. Supp. 678	28
1939	Bough v. Lee	28 F. Supp. 673	27
1954	Wolf v. Aero Factors Corporation	126 F. Supp. 872	26

Showing the 15 most-cited of 125 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 L. Leibell?: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Vincent L. Leibell to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1936.
Was Vincent L. Leibell appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Vincent L. Leibell was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Vincent L. Leibell's confirmation vote?: Vincent L. Leibell was confirmed by voice vote on June 16, 1936. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Vincent L. Leibell on?: Vincent L. Leibell was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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32 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).