Who appointed William Bernard Herlands?

President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed William Bernard Herlands to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1956.

Was William Bernard Herlands appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

William Bernard Herlands was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was William Bernard Herlands's confirmation vote?

William Bernard Herlands was confirmed by voice vote on June 26, 1956. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of New York / Appointed 1956 / Served to 1969

William Bernard Herlands

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

Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1956 and confirmed by voice vote, William Bernard Herlands was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. He earned a law degree from Columbia Law School in 1928. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1905–1969
Appointed by: Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1956
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: City College of New York 1925 · Columbia Law School 1928
Succeeded: Edward A. Conger
Succeeded by: Lawrence Warren Pierce

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1956	Southern District of New York succeeded Edward A. Conger	Eisenhower (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

City College of New York	B.S.	1925
Columbia Law School	LL.B.	1928

Judicial Record

In our data, Herlands authored 113 published opinions for the court (1955–1969). Most cited: Brown v. Bullock (96 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1961	Brown v. Bullock	194 F. Supp. 207	96
1965	Hoover v. Allen	241 F. Supp. 213	76
1958	United States v. McKeever	169 F. Supp. 426	76
1964	Waldron v. British Petroleum Co.	231 F. Supp. 72	72
1968	Geisel v. Poynter Products Inc.	283 F. Supp. 261	61
1969	Interphoto Corporation v. Minolta Corporation	295 F. Supp. 711	55
1960	United States v. Columbia Pictures Corporation	189 F. Supp. 153	55
1967	United States v. Birrell	276 F. Supp. 798	52
1969	Gleason v. Chain Service Restaurant	300 F. Supp. 1241	47
1960	United States v. General Motors Corporation	183 F. Supp. 858	39
1957	United States v. Hoffa	156 F. Supp. 495	38
1959	Peter Pan Fabrics, Inc. v. Acadia Company	173 F. Supp. 292	35
1958	Fleischer v. A.A.P., Inc.	163 F. Supp. 548	35
1957	United States v. Research Foundation, Inc.	155 F. Supp. 650	34
1969	Stambler v. Dillon	302 F. Supp. 1250	33

Showing the 15 most-cited of 113 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 Bernard Herlands?: President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed William Bernard Herlands to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in 1956.
Was William Bernard Herlands appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: William Bernard Herlands was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was William Bernard Herlands's confirmation vote?: William Bernard Herlands was confirmed by voice vote on June 26, 1956. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was William Bernard Herlands on?: William Bernard Herlands was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

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13 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).