Who appointed Frederic N. Smalkin?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Frederic N. Smalkin to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1986.

Was Frederic N. Smalkin appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Frederic N. Smalkin was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Frederic N. Smalkin's confirmation vote?

Frederic N. Smalkin was confirmed by voice vote on September 25, 1986. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Maryland / Appointed 1986 / Served to 2011

Frederic N. Smalkin

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1986 and confirmed by voice vote, Frederic N. Smalkin was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. He earned a law degree from University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law) in 1971. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1946 · age 80
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1986
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Johns Hopkins 1968 · University of Maryland Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law) 1971
Succeeded: James Rogers Miller Jr.
Succeeded by: Richard D. Bennett

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1986	District of Maryland succeeded James Rogers Miller Jr.	Reagan (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

Johns Hopkins University	B.A.	1968
University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law)	J.D.	1971

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Smalkin was assigned 6,064 district-court cases (1976–2002). Median time from filing to termination: 134 days across 6,063 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas26%

Contract19%

Personal-injury torts14%

Civil rights13%

Labor & ERISA7%

Social Security5%

Other16%

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 16 of Smalkin’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 15 were affirmed, 1 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, Smalkin authored 226 published opinions for the court (1986–2003). Most cited: Fare Deals Ltd. v. World Choice Travel. Com, Inc. (85 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	Fare Deals Ltd. v. World Choice Travel. Com, Inc.	180 F. Supp. 2d 678	85
2002	Schoofield v. Barnhart	220 F. Supp. 2d 512	66
1995	Koffman v. Osteoimplant Technology, Inc.	182 B.R. 115	63
1987	Banque Hypothecaire Du Canton De Geneve v. Union Mines, Inc.	652 F. Supp. 1400	50
1993	HRW Systems, Inc. v. Washington Gas Light Co.	823 F. Supp. 318	45
1990	Sun Dun, Inc. of Washington v. Coca-Cola Co.	740 F. Supp. 381	43
2000	Herman v. Mid-Atlantic Installation Services, Inc.	164 F. Supp. 2d 667	40
1987	Higgins v. E.I. DuPont De Nemours & Co.	671 F. Supp. 1055	40
1999	Motor City Bagels, L.L.C. v. American Bagel Co.	50 F. Supp. 2d 460	38
1996	Bryant Woods Inn, Inc. v. Howard County, Md.	911 F. Supp. 918	38
1989	Alcolac Inc. v. California Union Insurance	716 F. Supp. 1546	37
1993	Howard Oaks, Inc. v. Maryland National Bank	810 F. Supp. 674	34
2002	Lewis v. Forest Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	217 F. Supp. 2d 638	32
2001	Royal Insurance Co. of America v. Miles & Stockbridge, P.C.	142 F. Supp. 2d 676	30
2000	Estate of White Ex Rel. White v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.	109 F. Supp. 2d 424	29

Showing the 15 most-cited of 226 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 Frederic N. Smalkin?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Frederic N. Smalkin to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1986.
Was Frederic N. Smalkin appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Frederic N. Smalkin was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Frederic N. Smalkin's confirmation vote?: Frederic N. Smalkin was confirmed by voice vote on September 25, 1986. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Frederic N. Smalkin on?: Frederic N. Smalkin was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Sources

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24 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).