Charles Weston Houck
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles Weston Houck was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. He earned a law degree from University of South Carolina School of Law in 1956. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1933–2017
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of South Carolina Law 1956
- Succeeded by
- Robert Bryan Harwell
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | District of South Carolina | Carter (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, Houck was assigned 4,902 district-court cases (1976–2017). Median time from filing to termination: 316 days across 4,901 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 153 of Houck’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 130 were affirmed, 13 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, Houck authored 8 published opinions for the court (1987–2009). Most cited: Eady v. Veolia Transportation Services, Inc. (26 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Eady v. Veolia Transportation Services, Inc. | 609 F. Supp. 2d 540 | 26 |
| 1987 | McIver v. Phillips (In Re McIver) | 78 B.R. 439 | 8 |
| 2008 | Mahomes v. Potter | 590 F. Supp. 2d 775 | 6 |
| 1994 | Faulkner v. Jones | 858 F. Supp. 552 | 5 |
| 1987 | Blanton v. Federal Land Bank (In Re Blanton) | 78 B.R. 442 | 4 |
| 2000 | ASHLEY RIVER INDUSTRIES, INC. v. Mobil Oil Corp. | 135 F. Supp. 2d 733 | 3 |
| 2008 | Jeffers v. LAFARGE NORTH AMERICA, INC. | 622 F. Supp. 2d 303 | 2 |
| 1999 | South Carolina Department of Health & Environmental Control v. Atlantic Steel Industries, Inc. | 85 F. Supp. 2d 596 | 1 |
Showing the 8 most-cited of 8 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 Weston Houck?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Charles Weston Houck to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina in 1979.
- Was Charles Weston Houck appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Charles Weston Houck was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Charles Weston Houck's confirmation vote?
- Charles Weston Houck was confirmed by voice vote on September 25, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Charles Weston Houck on?
- Charles Weston Houck was 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
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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37 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).