Cameron McGowan Currie
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Cameron McGowan Currie is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. She earned a law degree from George Washington University Law School in 1975. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1948 · age 78
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of South Carolina 1970 · George Washington Law School 1975
- Succeeded
- Falcon Black Hawkins Jr.
- Succeeded by
- A. Marvin Quattlebaum Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | District of South Carolina succeeded Falcon Black Hawkins Jr. | Clinton (D) | 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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Currie was assigned 7,117 district-court cases (1962–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 234 days across 6,901 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 392 of Currie’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 363 were affirmed, 19 reversed or vacated, and 10 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, Currie authored 48 published opinions for the court (1994–2011). Most cited: Dilmar Oil Co., Inc. v. Federated Mut. Ins. Co. (79 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Dilmar Oil Co., Inc. v. Federated Mut. Ins. Co. | 986 F. Supp. 959 | 79 |
| 1999 | ESAB Group, Inc. v. Centricut, LLC | 34 F. Supp. 2d 323 | 60 |
| 1995 | Ammirati v. Nellie Mae, Inc. (In Re Ammirati) | 187 B.R. 902 | 44 |
| 1998 | Hooters of America, Inc. v. Phillips | 39 F. Supp. 2d 582 | 36 |
| 1995 | Cooper v. United States | 903 F. Supp. 953 | 29 |
| 1995 | Goewey v. United States | 886 F. Supp. 1268 | 21 |
| 1995 | Benekritis v. Johnson | 882 F. Supp. 521 | 21 |
| 1994 | Colleton Regional Hospital v. MRS Medical Review Systems, Inc. | 866 F. Supp. 896 | 15 |
| 1994 | Sonoco Products Co. v. Inteplast Corp. | 867 F. Supp. 352 | 14 |
| 1995 | Wilson Group, Inc. v. Quorum Health Resources, Inc. | 880 F. Supp. 416 | 12 |
| 1995 | Stanley v. Darlington County School District | 879 F. Supp. 1341 | 12 |
| 1994 | Jarrett v. North Carolina | 868 F. Supp. 155 | 12 |
| 1994 | Cherry v. Wertheim Schroder and Co., Inc. | 868 F. Supp. 830 | 11 |
| 1995 | O'Neal v. Cigna Property & Casualty Insurance | 878 F. Supp. 848 | 10 |
| 2002 | Hodges v. Abraham | 253 F. Supp. 2d 846 | 9 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 48 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 Cameron McGowan Currie?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Cameron McGowan Currie to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina in 1994.
- Was Cameron McGowan Currie appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Cameron McGowan Currie was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Cameron McGowan Currie's confirmation vote?
- Cameron McGowan Currie was confirmed by voice vote on March 10, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Cameron McGowan Currie on?
- Cameron McGowan Currie is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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32 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).