Who appointed James Rogers Miller Jr.?

President Richard M. Nixon appointed James Rogers Miller Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1970.

Was James Rogers Miller Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

James Rogers Miller Jr. was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was James Rogers Miller Jr.'s confirmation vote?

James Rogers Miller Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on October 13, 1970. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Maryland / Appointed 1970 / Served to 1986

James Rogers Miller Jr.

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

Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1970 and confirmed by voice vote, James Rogers Miller Jr. 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 1955. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1931–2014
Appointed by: Richard M. Nixon, 1970
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Wesleyan 1953 · George Washington Law School 1955
Succeeded by: Frederic N. Smalkin

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1970	District of Maryland	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

Wesleyan University	B.A.	1953
George Washington University Law School	LL.B.	1955

Judicial Record

In our data, Miller authored 181 published opinions for the court (1971–1986). Most cited: United States v. Focarile (103 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1972	United States v. Focarile	340 F. Supp. 1033	103
1984	Dameron v. Sinai Hospital of Baltimore, Inc.	595 F. Supp. 1404	59
1980	United States v. Lawson	502 F. Supp. 158	56
1984	Maryland State Teachers Ass'n v. Hughes	594 F. Supp. 1353	55
1983	Copiers Typewriters Calculators, Inc. v. Toshiba Corp.	576 F. Supp. 312	53
1981	Snyder v. Hampton Industries, Inc.	521 F. Supp. 130	53
1978	Williams v. Spencer	455 F. Supp. 205	53
1983	Windsor Associates, Inc. v. Greenfeld	564 F. Supp. 273	51
1986	Shotto v. Laub	632 F. Supp. 516	46
1985	Burke v. United States	605 F. Supp. 981	43
1982	Heinrich v. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co.	532 F. Supp. 1348	42
1973	Chastang v. Flynn and Emrich Company	365 F. Supp. 957	42
1982	Telco Leasing, Inc. v. Patch (In Re Patch)	24 B.R. 563	41
1971	Malinow v. Eberly	322 F. Supp. 594	38
1981	Craig v. General Finance Corp. of Illinois	504 F. Supp. 1033	37

Showing the 15 most-cited of 181 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 Rogers Miller Jr.?: President Richard M. Nixon appointed James Rogers Miller Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1970.
Was James Rogers Miller Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: James Rogers Miller Jr. was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was James Rogers Miller Jr.'s confirmation vote?: James Rogers Miller Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on October 13, 1970. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was James Rogers Miller Jr. on?: James Rogers Miller Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

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16 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).