James Chris Cacheris
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and confirmed by voice vote, James Chris Cacheris was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. He earned a law degree from George Washington University Law School in 1960. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1933–2025
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1981
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Pennsylvania 1955 · George Washington Law School 1960
- Succeeded by
- Gerald Bruce Lee
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Eastern District of Virginia | 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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Cacheris was assigned 4,993 district-court cases (1984–2017). Median time from filing to termination: 126 days across 4,990 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 221 of Cacheris’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 191 were affirmed, 22 reversed or vacated, and 8 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, Cacheris authored 180 published opinions for the court (1982–2011). Most cited: Enomoto v. Space Adventures, Ltd. (70 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Enomoto v. Space Adventures, Ltd. | 624 F. Supp. 2d 443 | 70 |
| 2008 | Berry v. Gutierrez | 587 F. Supp. 2d 717 | 68 |
| 2009 | Purdham v. Fairfax County Public Schools | 629 F. Supp. 2d 544 | 59 |
| 2008 | Tafas v. Dudas | 530 F. Supp. 2d 786 | 43 |
| 2007 | Board of Trustees v. Sullivant Avenue Properties, LLC | 508 F. Supp. 2d 473 | 43 |
| 1998 | Jetform Corp. v. Unisys Corp. | 11 F. Supp. 2d 788 | 38 |
| 1984 | Weight v. Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. | 597 F. Supp. 1082 | 37 |
| 2002 | Stone Castle Financial, Inc. v. Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Co. | 191 F. Supp. 2d 652 | 35 |
| 2008 | Sutherland v. SOS International, Ltd. | 541 F. Supp. 2d 787 | 33 |
| 2010 | Nahigian v. Juno Loudoun, LLC | 684 F. Supp. 2d 731 | 32 |
| 1998 | Black & Decker (U.S.) Inc. v. Pro-Tech Power Inc. | 26 F. Supp. 2d 834 | 32 |
| 1997 | Telco Communications v. an Apple a Day | 977 F. Supp. 404 | 29 |
| 1993 | Riggs Nat. Bank of Washington, DC v. Linch | 829 F. Supp. 163 | 28 |
| 1995 | Strang v. JHM Mortgage Securities Ltd. Partnership | 890 F. Supp. 499 | 26 |
| 1995 | Clark v. Virginia Board of Bar Examiners | 880 F. Supp. 430 | 26 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 180 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 James Chris Cacheris?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed James Chris Cacheris to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in 1981.
- Was James Chris Cacheris appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- James Chris Cacheris was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was James Chris Cacheris's confirmation vote?
- James Chris Cacheris was confirmed by voice vote on November 24, 1981. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was James Chris Cacheris on?
- James Chris Cacheris was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (The Third Branch newsletter) (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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36 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).