Edward Skottowe Northrop
Appointed by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 and confirmed by voice vote, Edward Skottowe Northrop was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He earned a law degree from George Washington University Law School in 1937. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1911–2003
- Appointed by
- John F. Kennedy, 1961
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- George Washington Law School 1937
- Succeeded by
- Walter Evan Black Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | District of Maryland | Kennedy (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, Northrop was assigned 1,439 district-court cases (1979–1995). Median time from filing to termination: 251 days across 1,439 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.
In our data, Northrop authored 185 published opinions for the court (1962–1995). Most cited: Bennett v. Gravelle (163 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Bennett v. Gravelle | 323 F. Supp. 203 | 163 |
| 1986 | United States v. Maryland Bank & Trust Co. | 632 F. Supp. 573 | 48 |
| 1972 | Ridgely v. Secretary of Department of Health, Education & Welfare | 345 F. Supp. 983 | 41 |
| 1967 | Maryland Ex Rel. Gliedman v. Capital Airlines, Inc. | 267 F. Supp. 298 | 40 |
| 1975 | Smoke Rise, Inc. v. Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission | 400 F. Supp. 1369 | 39 |
| 1975 | Goodman v. Poland | 395 F. Supp. 660 | 38 |
| 1962 | Southern Maryland Oil Company v. Texas Company | 203 F. Supp. 449 | 38 |
| 1978 | Hodgin v. Jefferson | 447 F. Supp. 804 | 37 |
| 1962 | Houser v. Snap-On Tools Corporation | 202 F. Supp. 181 | 35 |
| 1966 | Piracci v. Hearst Corporation | 263 F. Supp. 511 | 34 |
| 1974 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Raymond Metal Products Co. | 385 F. Supp. 907 | 33 |
| 1973 | Handy v. Gayler | 364 F. Supp. 676 | 33 |
| 1985 | Carty v. Carlin | 623 F. Supp. 1181 | 32 |
| 1984 | Pottratz v. Davis | 588 F. Supp. 949 | 31 |
| 1973 | Bradington v. International Business MacHines Corp. | 360 F. Supp. 845 | 31 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 185 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 Edward Skottowe Northrop?
- President John F. Kennedy appointed Edward Skottowe Northrop to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1961.
- Was Edward Skottowe Northrop appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Edward Skottowe Northrop was appointed by President John F. Kennedy, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Edward Skottowe Northrop's confirmation vote?
- Edward Skottowe Northrop was confirmed by voice vote on September 1, 1961. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Edward Skottowe Northrop on?
- Edward Skottowe Northrop was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the District of Maryland (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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41 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).