Who appointed Charles Earl Simons Jr.?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Charles Earl Simons Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina in 1964.

Was Charles Earl Simons Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Charles Earl Simons Jr. was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Charles Earl Simons Jr.'s confirmation vote?

Charles Earl Simons Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on April 30, 1964. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of South Carolina / Appointed 1965 / Served to 1999

Charles Earl Simons Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles Earl Simons Jr. 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 1939. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1916–1999
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of South Carolina 1937 · University of South Carolina Law 1939
Succeeded by: Joseph Fletcher Anderson Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1964	Eastern District of South Carolina succeeded Ashton Hilliard Williams	L.B. Johnson (D)	Voice vote
1965	District of South Carolina	Reassigned	–

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 South Carolina	A.B.	1937
University of South Carolina School of Law	LL.B.	1939

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Simons was assigned 2,411 district-court cases (1982–1999). Median time from filing to termination: 265 days across 2,410 closed cases.

Real property28%

Prisoner & habeas26%

Personal-injury torts12%

Contract12%

Civil rights9%

Social Security8%

Other6%

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.

In our data, Simons authored 63 published opinions for the court (1964–1998). Most cited: United States v. South Carolina Recycling and Disposal, Inc. (81 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
1986	United States v. South Carolina Recycling and Disposal, Inc.	653 F. Supp. 984	81
1970	Driggers v. United States	309 F. Supp. 1377	53
1983	Campbell v. Cannington (In Re Economy Milling Co.)	37 B.R. 914	41
1973	Superior Motors, Inc. v. Winnebago Industries, Inc.	359 F. Supp. 773	24
1974	United States Ex Rel. Altman v. Young Lumber Company	376 F. Supp. 1290	23
1978	Federal Deposit Insurance v. American Bank Trust Shares, Inc.	460 F. Supp. 549	21
1973	S. Schonfeld Company, Inc. v. SS Akra Tenaron	363 F. Supp. 1220	20
1968	Key Sales Co. v. SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY	290 F. Supp. 8	19
1966	Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.	256 F. Supp. 941	19
1964	Jackson v. United States	234 F. Supp. 586	19
1978	Ellis v. United States	484 F. Supp. 4	18
1968	Ayers v. Pastime Amusement Company	283 F. Supp. 773	18
1967	Andrews v. Central Surety Insurance Company	271 F. Supp. 814	18
1976	Federal Deposit Insurance v. American Bank Trust Shares, Inc.	412 F. Supp. 302	17
1969	Holmes v. Curtis Publishing Company	303 F. Supp. 522	15

Showing the 15 most-cited of 63 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 Earl Simons Jr.?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Charles Earl Simons Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina in 1964.
Was Charles Earl Simons Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Charles Earl Simons Jr. was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Charles Earl Simons Jr.'s confirmation vote?: Charles Earl Simons Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on April 30, 1964. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Charles Earl Simons Jr. on?: Charles Earl Simons Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Sources

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33 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).