Benson Everett Legg
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1991 and confirmed by voice vote, Benson Everett Legg was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1973. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1947 · age 79
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1991
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Princeton 1970 · University of Virginia Law 1973
- Succeeded
- Paul Victor Niemeyer
- Succeeded by
- Paul William Grimm
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | District of Maryland succeeded Paul Victor Niemeyer | G.H.W. Bush (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
| Princeton University | A.B. | 1970 |
| University of Virginia School of Law | J.D. | 1973 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Legg was assigned 5,940 district-court cases (1985–2012). Median time from filing to termination: 210 days across 5,940 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 124 of Legg’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 117 were affirmed, 4 reversed or vacated, and 3 affirmed in part and reversed in part. 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, Legg authored 171 published opinions for the court (1992–2011). Most cited: Valderrama v. Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc. (48 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Valderrama v. Honeywell Technology Solutions, Inc. | 473 F. Supp. 2d 658 | 48 |
| 1995 | D'ANNA v. M/a-com, Inc. | 903 F. Supp. 889 | 43 |
| 2000 | Froelich v. Erickson | 96 F. Supp. 2d 507 | 40 |
| 2009 | Tech USA, Inc. v. Evans | 592 F. Supp. 2d 852 | 32 |
| 1994 | Diamond v. T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. | 852 F. Supp. 372 | 32 |
| 1998 | United States v. Dorsey | 988 F. Supp. 917 | 29 |
| 1998 | Dunnaville v. McCormick & Co., Inc. | 21 F. Supp. 2d 527 | 28 |
| 2005 | Imgarten v. Bellboy Corp. | 383 F. Supp. 2d 825 | 24 |
| 2003 | Fleming v. Barnhart | 284 F. Supp. 2d 256 | 24 |
| 2002 | Biggs v. Board of Education of Cecil County | 229 F. Supp. 2d 437 | 21 |
| 1999 | Martino v. Bell | 40 F. Supp. 2d 719 | 20 |
| 1996 | Lee v. Pfeifer | 916 F. Supp. 501 | 19 |
| 2008 | Mowbray v. Zumot | 536 F. Supp. 2d 617 | 18 |
| 2006 | Ames v. Apothecon, Inc. | 431 F. Supp. 2d 566 | 18 |
| 1995 | Montgomery County Ass'n of Realtors, Inc. v. Realty Photo Master Corp. | 878 F. Supp. 804 | 17 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 171 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 Benson Everett Legg?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Benson Everett Legg to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1991.
- Was Benson Everett Legg appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Benson Everett Legg was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Benson Everett Legg's confirmation vote?
- Benson Everett Legg was confirmed by voice vote on September 12, 1991. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Benson Everett Legg on?
- Benson Everett Legg was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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21 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).