Former Southern District Judge Peter Leisure, who retired in 2010 after 26 years on the bench, died Tuesday. He was 84.

Leisure heard several high-profile cases in his career. For example, he presided over an antitrust case brought by the now defunct United States Football League against the NFL. In that trial, the USFL persuaded a jury that the NFL was an illegal monopoly but only received $1 in damages.