David C. Norton
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 and confirmed by voice vote, David C. Norton is 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 1975. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1946 · age 80
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1990
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of the South 1968 · University of South Carolina Law 1975
- Succeeded
- Solomon Blatt Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | District of South Carolina succeeded Solomon Blatt Jr. | G.H.W. Bush (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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Norton was assigned 11,229 district-court cases (1986–2026). Median time from filing to termination: 283 days across 10,431 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 578 of Norton’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 492 were affirmed, 45 reversed or vacated, and 41 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, Norton authored 125 published opinions for the court (1991–2010). Most cited: Magic Toyota, Inc. v. Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc. (92 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Magic Toyota, Inc. v. Southeast Toyota Distributors, Inc. | 784 F. Supp. 306 | 92 |
| 1999 | Sadighi v. Daghighfekr | 36 F. Supp. 2d 267 | 56 |
| 2006 | Greene v. Quest Diagnostics Clinical Laboratories, Inc. | 455 F. Supp. 2d 483 | 49 |
| 1994 | Schumacher v. Cooper | 850 F. Supp. 438 | 29 |
| 2000 | Dunes Hotel Associates v. Hyatt Corp. | 245 B.R. 492 | 27 |
| 1994 | Witt v. AMERICAN TRUCKING ASS'N, INC. | 860 F. Supp. 295 | 22 |
| 1996 | Bowman v. Weeks Marine, Inc. | 936 F. Supp. 329 | 19 |
| 2010 | Washington v. Astrue | 698 F. Supp. 2d 562 | 17 |
| 1999 | McCall v. Williams | 52 F. Supp. 2d 611 | 17 |
| 1999 | Sadighi v. Daghighfekr | 36 F. Supp. 2d 279 | 17 |
| 2003 | American Health and Life Ins. Co. v. Heyward | 272 F. Supp. 2d 578 | 15 |
| 2002 | Vinten v. Jeantot Marine Alliances, S.A. | 191 F. Supp. 2d 642 | 15 |
| 2000 | Miller v. Asensio | 101 F. Supp. 2d 395 | 15 |
| 1997 | Aiken v. County of Hampton, SC | 977 F. Supp. 390 | 15 |
| 1994 | Rotondo v. City of Georgetown, SC | 869 F. Supp. 369 | 14 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 125 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 David C. Norton?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed David C. Norton to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina in 1990.
- Was David C. Norton appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- David C. Norton was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was David C. Norton's confirmation vote?
- David C. Norton was confirmed by voice vote on June 28, 1990. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is David C. Norton on?
- David C. Norton is 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
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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36 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).