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Supreme Court of Maryland / Joined 1967 / Served to 1977

Frederick J. Singley Jr.

Justice, Supreme Court of Maryland

Frederick J. Singley Jr. was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland, who joined the court in 1967. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1913 · age 113
Tenure: 1967–1977 · 10 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1967	Supreme Court of Maryland	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Singley authored 303 published opinions for the court (1967–1977), plus 3 dissents and 1 concurrence. Most cited: Government Employees Insurance v. DeJames (83 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 302 of these were attributed to Singley by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1970	Government Employees Insurance v. DeJames†	261 A.2d 747	83
1974	Crowe v. Houseworth†	325 A.2d 592	76
1974	Neal v. State†	322 A.2d 887	72
1975	Frederick Contractors, Inc. v. Bel Pre Medical Center, Inc.†	334 A.2d 526	68
1969	Myers v. Montgomery Ward & Co.†	252 A.2d 855	68
1971	Nolan v. Dillon†	276 A.2d 36	63
1976	Murphy v. Yates†	348 A.2d 837	62
1971	State v. Devers and Webster†	272 A.2d 794	60
1969	Yommer v. McKenzie†	257 A.2d 138	60
1973	Curley v. General Valet Service, Inc.· Dissent†	311 A.2d 231	59
1975	Merchants Mortgage Co. v. Lubow†	339 A.2d 664	58
1971	Katzenberg v. Comptroller of the Treasury†	282 A.2d 465	56
1970	Segerman v. Jones†	259 A.2d 794	55
1977	Comptroller of the Treasury, Income Tax Division v. Diebold, Inc.†	369 A.2d 77	51
1975	County Council v. District Land Corp.†	337 A.2d 712	51

Showing the 15 most-cited of 307 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

How do judges of the Supreme Court of Maryland reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court was Frederick J. Singley Jr. on?: Frederick J. Singley Jr. was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Maryland.

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10 years on the Supreme Court of Maryland. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).