Who appointed Walter Roe Mansfield?

President Richard M. Nixon appointed Walter Roe Mansfield to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1971.

Was Walter Roe Mansfield appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Walter Roe Mansfield was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Walter Roe Mansfield's confirmation vote?

Walter Roe Mansfield was confirmed by voice vote on May 20, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Second Circuit / Appointed 1971 / Served to 1987

Walter Roe Mansfield

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971 and confirmed by voice vote, Walter Roe Mansfield was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1935. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1911–1987
Appointed by: Richard M. Nixon, 1971
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Harvard College 1932 · Harvard Law School 1935
Succeeded: Leonard Page Moore
Succeeded by: Ralph K. Winter Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1966	Southern District of New York succeeded John M. Cashin	L.B. Johnson (D)	Voice vote
1971	Second Circuit succeeded Leonard Page Moore	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

Harvard College	A.B.	1932
Harvard Law School	LL.B.	1935

Judicial Record

In our data, Mansfield authored 104 published opinions for the court (1966–1971). Most cited: Eskimo Pie Corporation v. Whitelawn Dairies, Inc. (91 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1968	Eskimo Pie Corporation v. Whitelawn Dairies, Inc.	284 F. Supp. 987	91
1970	Carothers v. Follette	314 F. Supp. 1014	90
1970	Syntex Laboratories, Inc. v. Norwich Pharmacal Co.	315 F. Supp. 45	60
1968	Carl Zeiss Stiftung v. VEB Carl Zeiss, Jena	293 F. Supp. 892	58
1967	Richland v. Crandall	262 F. Supp. 538	58
1967	United States v. Crisona	271 F. Supp. 150	54
1968	Catz American Co. v. Pearl Grange Fruit Exchange, Inc.	292 F. Supp. 549	53
1967	United States v. Cobb	271 F. Supp. 159	52
1971	Securities & Exchange Commission v. Harwyn Industries Corp.	326 F. Supp. 943	47
1969	Gaddis v. Wyman	304 F. Supp. 713	47
1970	Path Instruments International Corp. v. Asahi Optical Co.	312 F. Supp. 805	43
1968	Maybruck v. Haim	290 F. Supp. 721	43
1971	Xerox Corporation v. Dennison Manufacturing Company	322 F. Supp. 963	40
1968	Commerce Reporting Company v. Puretec, Inc.	290 F. Supp. 715	40
1971	Rhem v. McGrath	326 F. Supp. 681	38

Showing the 15 most-cited of 104 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 Walter Roe Mansfield?: President Richard M. Nixon appointed Walter Roe Mansfield to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1971.
Was Walter Roe Mansfield appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Walter Roe Mansfield was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Walter Roe Mansfield's confirmation vote?: Walter Roe Mansfield was confirmed by voice vote on May 20, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Walter Roe Mansfield on?: Walter Roe Mansfield was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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15 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).