Charles Harold Haden II
Appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1975 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles Harold Haden II was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. He earned a law degree from West Virginia University College of Law in 1961. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1937–2004
- Appointed by
- Gerald Ford, 1975
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- West Virginia 1958 · West Virginia College of Law 1961
- Succeeded
- Sidney Lee Christie
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Northern District of West Virginia succeeded Sidney Lee Christie | Ford (R) | Voice vote |
| 1975 | Southern District of West Virginia succeeded Sidney Lee Christie | Ford (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
| West Virginia University | B.S. | 1958 |
| West Virginia University College of Law | LL.B. | 1961 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Haden was assigned 5,910 district-court cases (1973–2004). Median time from filing to termination: 34 days across 5,905 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 29 of Haden’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 25 were affirmed, 4 reversed or vacated. 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, Haden authored 482 published opinions for the court (1976–2004). Most cited: McCoy v. Erie Insurance (75 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | McCoy v. Erie Insurance | 147 F. Supp. 2d 481 | 75 |
| 1996 | Spradling v. Blackburn | 919 F. Supp. 969 | 46 |
| 1997 | Cabro Foods, Inc. v. Wells Fargo Armored Service Corp. | 962 F. Supp. 75 | 41 |
| 1984 | Thomas v. Kroger Co. | 583 F. Supp. 1031 | 36 |
| 1979 | Bailey v. Boilermakers Local 667 of the International Brotherhood of Boilermakers | 480 F. Supp. 274 | 36 |
| 1976 | Leasewell, Ltd. v. Jake Shelton Ford, Inc. | 423 F. Supp. 1011 | 32 |
| 1998 | Gum v. General Electric Co. | 5 F. Supp. 2d 412 | 31 |
| 1992 | Connors v. Paybra Mining Co. | 807 F. Supp. 1242 | 31 |
| 1976 | Sites v. McKenzie | 423 F. Supp. 1190 | 29 |
| 1986 | Guevara v. K-Mart Corp. | 629 F. Supp. 1189 | 27 |
| 1979 | Employer-Teamsters Joint Council No. 84, Health & Welfare Fund v. Weatherall Concrete, Inc. | 468 F. Supp. 1167 | 27 |
| 2001 | Young v. Conley | 128 F. Supp. 2d 354 | 26 |
| 1999 | Bragg v. Robertson | 54 F. Supp. 2d 653 | 25 |
| 1994 | Scott v. Greiner | 858 F. Supp. 607 | 25 |
| 1994 | AFA Enterprises, Inc. v. American States Insurance | 842 F. Supp. 902 | 24 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 482 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 Harold Haden II?
- President Gerald Ford appointed Charles Harold Haden II to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in 1975.
- Was Charles Harold Haden II appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Charles Harold Haden II was appointed by President Gerald Ford, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Charles Harold Haden II's confirmation vote?
- Charles Harold Haden II was confirmed by voice vote on November 20, 1975. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Charles Harold Haden II on?
- Charles Harold Haden II was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.
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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7 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).