Wilfred Feinberg
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 and confirmed by voice vote, Wilfred Feinberg was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1946. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1920–2014
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Columbia College 1940 · Columbia Law School 1946
- Succeeded
- Thurgood Marshall
- Succeeded by
- Dennis G. Jacobs
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Southern District of New York | Kennedy (D) | Voice vote |
| 1966 | Second Circuit succeeded Thurgood Marshall | 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
| Columbia College | B.A. | 1940 |
| Columbia Law School | LL.B. | 1946 |
Judicial Record
In our data, Feinberg authored 52 published opinions for the court (1961–1969). Most cited: Zippo Manufacturing Company v. Rogers Imports, Inc. (87 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Zippo Manufacturing Company v. Rogers Imports, Inc. | 216 F. Supp. 670 | 87 |
| 1964 | Cooper v. North Jersey Trust Company of Ridgewood, NJ | 226 F. Supp. 972 | 76 |
| 1965 | Sherman v. Jacobson | 247 F. Supp. 261 | 42 |
| 1965 | Ohio Valley Electric Corp. v. General Electric Co. | 244 F. Supp. 914 | 31 |
| 1965 | Davis v. E. I. DuPont De Nemours & Co. | 240 F. Supp. 612 | 30 |
| 1964 | Atlantic City Electric Company v. General Electric Company | 226 F. Supp. 59 | 24 |
| 1962 | Atlantic City Electric Co. v. General Electric Co. | 207 F. Supp. 620 | 23 |
| 1963 | Perez v. United States | 218 F. Supp. 571 | 22 |
| 1961 | Penn Tanker Co. of Delaware v. C.H.Z. Rolimpex, Warszawa | 199 F. Supp. 716 | 22 |
| 1965 | Nation v. Esperdy | 239 F. Supp. 531 | 21 |
| 1962 | Atlantic City Electric Co. v. General Electric Co. | 207 F. Supp. 613 | 21 |
| 1963 | Derdiarian v. Futterman Corporation | 223 F. Supp. 265 | 20 |
| 1962 | Johnson v. Partrederiet Brovigtank | 202 F. Supp. 859 | 20 |
| 1962 | Flight Engineers International Ass'n v. Eastern Air Lines, Inc. | 208 F. Supp. 182 | 19 |
| 1966 | Davis v. EI DuPont De Nemours & Company | 249 F. Supp. 329 | 18 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 52 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 Wilfred Feinberg?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Wilfred Feinberg to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1966.
- Was Wilfred Feinberg appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Wilfred Feinberg was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Wilfred Feinberg's confirmation vote?
- Wilfred Feinberg was confirmed by voice vote on March 4, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Wilfred Feinberg on?
- Wilfred Feinberg was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Unknown authorUnknown author (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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48 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).