He was the son of the late Massachusetts Chief Justice G. Joseph Tauro.

[2] Tauro took senior status effective September 26, 2013, retaining approximately a 60% caseload with a focus on criminal cases.

[3] Until taking senior status, Tauro was the longest-serving active judge appointed by Nixon.

[4] On July 8, 2010, in the cases of Gill v. Office of Personnel Management and Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, Tauro issued decisions holding unconstitutional that part of the federal Defense of Marriage Act that defined marriage "as a legal union exclusively between one man and one woman.

[6] In a lawsuit under NEPA involving possible radiations dangers from the original 1978 Pave Paws on Cape Cod he offered the plaintiffs a guided tour of the facility so they could see for themselves how "safe" it was.