John Daniel Mahoney (September 7, 1931 – October 23, 1996) was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
John Daniel Mahoney
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1931 in Orange, NJ
Died 1996 in Derby, CT
FJC ID: 1466
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 8/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 183/year
Second Circuit Court of Appeals · 1986–1996
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, New York City1958–1962, 1965–1986
- New York Conservative PartyState chairman · 1962–1986
- U.S. Coast Guard1955–1958
Appointments
1986–1996 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
LL.B. · 1955- St. Bonaventure UniversityB.A. · 1952