Who appointed Charles Stanley Blair?

President Richard M. Nixon appointed Charles Stanley Blair to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1971.

Was Charles Stanley Blair appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Charles Stanley Blair was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Charles Stanley Blair's confirmation vote?

Charles Stanley Blair was confirmed by voice vote on July 29, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Maryland / Appointed 1971 / Served to 1980

Charles Stanley Blair

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles Stanley Blair was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He earned a law degree from University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law) in 1953. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1927–1980
Appointed by: Richard M. Nixon, 1971
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Maryland 1951 · University of Maryland Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law) 1953
Succeeded by: Norman Park Ramsey

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1971	District of Maryland	Nixon (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

University of Maryland	B.S.	1951
University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law)	LL.B.	1953

Judicial Record

In our data, Blair authored 86 published opinions for the court (1972–1980). Most cited: McLaughlin v. Copeland (88 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1977	McLaughlin v. Copeland	435 F. Supp. 513	88
1975	Stokes v. Hurdle	393 F. Supp. 757	71
1977	White v. Keller	438 F. Supp. 110	64
1977	Hubbard v. Rubbermaid, Inc.	436 F. Supp. 1184	43
1975	Frasca v. Prudential-Grace Lines, Inc.	394 F. Supp. 1092	38
1975	Plato v. Roudebush	397 F. Supp. 1295	37
1974	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Westvaco Corp.	372 F. Supp. 985	35
1976	Five Platters, Inc. v. Purdie	419 F. Supp. 372	34
1975	Wilkins v. State of Maryland	402 F. Supp. 76	32
1972	United States v. Askins	351 F. Supp. 408	31
1978	Williams v. State of Md.	445 F. Supp. 1216	27
1978	Allen v. Califano	452 F. Supp. 205	26
1977	Haines v. St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance	428 F. Supp. 435	26
1975	Smith v. Weinberger	394 F. Supp. 1002	26
1977	Ligon v. State of Md.	448 F. Supp. 935	24

Showing the 15 most-cited of 86 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 Charles Stanley Blair?: President Richard M. Nixon appointed Charles Stanley Blair to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1971.
Was Charles Stanley Blair appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Charles Stanley Blair was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Charles Stanley Blair's confirmation vote?: Charles Stanley Blair was confirmed by voice vote on July 29, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Charles Stanley Blair on?: Charles Stanley Blair was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

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8 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).