Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr.
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 and confirmed by voice vote, Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. He earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1946. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1920–1999
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- College of the Holy Cross 1941 · Harvard Law School 1946
- Succeeded by
- Douglas Preston Woodlock
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | District of Massachusetts | 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
| College of the Holy Cross | A.B. | 1941 |
| Harvard Law School | LL.B. | 1946 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Garrity was assigned 132 district-court cases (1972–1998). Median time from filing to termination: 936 days across 132 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, Garrity authored 180 published opinions for the court (1966–1999). Most cited: Schaick v. Church of Scientology of California, Inc. (141 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Schaick v. Church of Scientology of California, Inc. | 535 F. Supp. 1125 | 141 |
| 1973 | Inmates of the Suffolk County Jail v. Eisenstadt | 360 F. Supp. 676 | 104 |
| 1974 | Morgan v. Hennigan | 379 F. Supp. 410 | 69 |
| 1970 | Antonelli v. Hammond | 308 F. Supp. 1329 | 57 |
| 1985 | Jurgens v. Abraham | 616 F. Supp. 1381 | 51 |
| 1997 | McLaughlin Ex Rel. McLaughlin v. Boston School Committee | 976 F. Supp. 53 | 38 |
| 1975 | Morgan v. Kerrigan | 401 F. Supp. 216 | 37 |
| 1979 | Anderson Foreign Motors, Inc. v. New England Toyota Distributor, Inc. | 475 F. Supp. 973 | 36 |
| 1968 | Petition of Risdal & Anderson, Inc. | 291 F. Supp. 353 | 36 |
| 1972 | Schneider v. Margossian | 349 F. Supp. 741 | 35 |
| 1969 | Lucia v. Duggan | 303 F. Supp. 112 | 33 |
| 1983 | Johnson Creative Arts, Inc. v. Wool Masters, Inc. | 573 F. Supp. 1106 | 32 |
| 1969 | Arrington v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority | 306 F. Supp. 1355 | 32 |
| 1978 | Bumpus v. Gunter | 452 F. Supp. 1060 | 31 |
| 1972 | Sims v. Order of United Commercial Travellers of America | 343 F. Supp. 112 | 31 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 180 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 Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr.?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in 1966.
- Was Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on June 24, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. on?
- Wendell Arthur Garrity Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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33 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).