Herbert Frazier Murray
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971 and confirmed by voice vote, Herbert Frazier Murray 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 1951. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1923–1999
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1971
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Yale 1947 · University of Maryland Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law) 1951
- Succeeded
- Roszel Cathcart Thomsen
- Succeeded by
- William M. Nickerson
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | District of Maryland succeeded Roszel Cathcart Thomsen | Nixon (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
| Yale University | B.A. | 1947 |
| University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law) | LL.B. | 1951 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Murray was assigned 1,617 district-court cases (1974–1994). Median time from filing to termination: 284 days across 1,617 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, Murray authored 106 published opinions for the court (1971–1994). Most cited: United States v. Mandel (88 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | United States v. Mandel | 415 F. Supp. 997 | 88 |
| 1976 | United States v. Mandel | 415 F. Supp. 1033 | 68 |
| 1978 | Davison v. Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Inc. | 462 F. Supp. 778 | 59 |
| 1981 | Butcher v. Robertshaw Controls Co. | 550 F. Supp. 692 | 47 |
| 1980 | National Constructors Ass'n v. National Electrical Contractors Ass'n | 498 F. Supp. 510 | 39 |
| 1972 | State of Maryland, Dept. of N. Res. v. Amerada Hess Corp. | 350 F. Supp. 1060 | 37 |
| 1974 | Clinton Community Hospital Corp. v. Southern Maryland Medical Center | 374 F. Supp. 450 | 29 |
| 1988 | Baird v. Haith | 724 F. Supp. 367 | 24 |
| 1985 | Rosengarten v. Buckley | 613 F. Supp. 1493 | 23 |
| 1976 | Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. | 414 F. Supp. 227 | 23 |
| 1976 | United States v. Mandel | 408 F. Supp. 679 | 22 |
| 1991 | Federal Sav. and Loan Ins. Corp. v. Heidrick | 774 F. Supp. 352 | 21 |
| 1978 | United States v. Exxon Co., U.S.A. | 450 F. Supp. 472 | 21 |
| 1971 | Stern v. Gobeloff | 332 F. Supp. 909 | 21 |
| 1981 | United States v. 97.19 Acres, More or Less, Located in Montgomery | 511 F. Supp. 565 | 19 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 106 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 Herbert Frazier Murray?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Herbert Frazier Murray to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1971.
- Was Herbert Frazier Murray appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Herbert Frazier Murray was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Herbert Frazier Murray's confirmation vote?
- Herbert Frazier Murray was confirmed by voice vote on July 29, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Herbert Frazier Murray on?
- Herbert Frazier Murray 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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27 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).