Catherine C. Blake
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1995 and confirmed by voice vote, Catherine C. Blake was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. She earned a law degree from Harvard Law School in 1975. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1950–2026
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1995
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Radcliffe College 1972 · Harvard Law School 1975
- Succeeded
- John Raymond Hargrove Sr.
- Succeeded by
- Lydia Kay Griggsby
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | District of Maryland succeeded John Raymond Hargrove Sr. | 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
| Radcliffe College | A.B. | 1972 |
| Harvard Law School | J.D. | 1975 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Blake was assigned 7,254 district-court cases (1988–2024). Median time from filing to termination: 189 days across 7,196 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 395 of Blake’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 331 were affirmed, 37 reversed or vacated, and 27 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, Blake authored 223 published opinions for the court (1993–2014). Most cited: Chase v. Peay (226 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Chase v. Peay | 286 F. Supp. 2d 523 | 226 |
| 2010 | Ferdinand-Davenport v. Children's Guild | 742 F. Supp. 2d 772 | 174 |
| 2002 | Dow v. Jones | 232 F. Supp. 2d 491 | 151 |
| 2001 | Wainwright's Vacations, LLC v. Pan American Airways Corp. | 130 F. Supp. 2d 712 | 64 |
| 2001 | Ottenheimer Publishers, Inc. v. Playmore, Inc. | 158 F. Supp. 2d 649 | 62 |
| 1997 | Richardson v. Phillip Morris Inc. | 950 F. Supp. 700 | 61 |
| 2009 | Geist v. Gill/Kardash Partnership, LLC | 671 F. Supp. 2d 729 | 55 |
| 2003 | Chin v. City of Baltimore | 241 F. Supp. 2d 546 | 44 |
| 1999 | Bell Atlantic-Maryland, Inc. v. Prince George's County | 49 F. Supp. 2d 805 | 43 |
| 1998 | Kerby v. Mortgage Funding Corp. | 992 F. Supp. 787 | 40 |
| 2004 | Dean v. Martinez | 336 F. Supp. 2d 477 | 38 |
| 2004 | Luy v. Baltimore Police Department | 326 F. Supp. 2d 682 | 36 |
| 2007 | Takacs v. Fiore | 473 F. Supp. 2d 647 | 35 |
| 1999 | Hammad v. Tate Access Floors, Inc. | 31 F. Supp. 2d 524 | 35 |
| 2004 | Harte-Hanks Direct Marketing/Baltimore, Inc. v. Varilease Technology Finance Group, Inc. | 299 F. Supp. 2d 505 | 33 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 223 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 Catherine C. Blake?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Catherine C. Blake to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1995.
- Was Catherine C. Blake appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Catherine C. Blake was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Catherine C. Blake's confirmation vote?
- Catherine C. Blake was confirmed by voice vote on August 11, 1995. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Catherine C. Blake on?
- Catherine C. Blake 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
How we source & reconcile data → Data & Sources
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30 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).