William Curtis Conner
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1973 and confirmed by voice vote, William Curtis Conner was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from University of Texas School of Law in 1942. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1920–2009
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1973
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Texas 1941 · University of Texas Law 1942
- Succeeded
- Edmund Louis Palmieri
- Succeeded by
- Lawrence M. McKenna
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Southern District of New York succeeded Edmund Louis Palmieri | 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
| University of Texas | B.B.A. | 1941 |
| University of Texas School of Law | LL.B. | 1942 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Conner was assigned 1,736 district-court cases (1973–2009). Median time from filing to termination: 355 days across 1,735 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.
On appeal
Of 29 of Conner’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 28 were affirmed, 1 reversed or vacated. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Conner authored 810 published opinions for the court (1974–2009). Most cited: Lipton v. County of Orange, NY (149 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Lipton v. County of Orange, NY | 315 F. Supp. 2d 434 | 149 |
| 2004 | Rahl v. Bande | 316 B.R. 127 | 134 |
| 1974 | Honda Associates, Inc. v. Nozawa Trading, Inc. | 374 F. Supp. 886 | 106 |
| 2004 | In Re Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings, Inc. Securities Litigation | 324 F. Supp. 2d 474 | 94 |
| 1996 | Rosenshein v. Kleban | 918 F. Supp. 98 | 89 |
| 1980 | In Re Investors Funding Corp., Etc. | 523 F. Supp. 533 | 82 |
| 1986 | Mazzella v. RCA Global Communications, Inc. | 642 F. Supp. 1531 | 80 |
| 2008 | Lynch Ex Rel. Lynch v. City of Mount Vernon | 567 F. Supp. 2d 459 | 75 |
| 2009 | Aspilaire v. Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, Inc. | 612 F. Supp. 2d 289 | 72 |
| 1998 | Zohlman v. Zoldan | 226 B.R. 767 | 68 |
| 1993 | In Re AES Corp. Securities Litigation | 825 F. Supp. 578 | 68 |
| 1995 | Mikes v. Strauss | 889 F. Supp. 746 | 62 |
| 2005 | Atkins v. County of Orange | 372 F. Supp. 2d 377 | 60 |
| 1998 | ESI, Inc. v. Coastal Power Production Co. | 995 F. Supp. 419 | 60 |
| 1986 | Interconnect Telephone Services, Inc. v. Farren | 59 B.R. 397 | 60 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 810 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 William Curtis Conner?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed William Curtis Conner to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1973.
- Was William Curtis Conner appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- William Curtis Conner was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was William Curtis Conner's confirmation vote?
- William Curtis Conner was confirmed by voice vote on December 13, 1973. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was William Curtis Conner on?
- William Curtis Conner 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
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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35 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).