Who appointed John Raymond Hargrove Sr.?

President Ronald Reagan appointed John Raymond Hargrove Sr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1984.

Was John Raymond Hargrove Sr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

John Raymond Hargrove Sr. was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was John Raymond Hargrove Sr.'s confirmation vote?

John Raymond Hargrove Sr. was confirmed by voice vote on February 9, 1984. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Maryland / Appointed 1984 / Served to 1997

John Raymond Hargrove Sr.

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

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and confirmed by voice vote, John Raymond Hargrove Sr. 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 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1923–1997
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1984
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Howard 1947 · University of Maryland Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law) 1950
Succeeded: Shirley Brannock Jones
Succeeded by: Catherine C. Blake

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1984	District of Maryland succeeded Shirley Brannock Jones	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

Howard University	B.A.	1947
University of Maryland School of Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law)	LL.B.	1950

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Hargrove was assigned 3,086 district-court cases (1982–1997). Median time from filing to termination: 202 days across 3,086 closed cases.

Prisoner & habeas26%

Contract20%

Personal-injury torts18%

Civil rights10%

Labor & ERISA7%

Other federal statutes5%

Other14%

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, Hargrove authored 33 published opinions for the court (1984–1995). Most cited: Champ v. Baltimore County (45 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
1995	Champ v. Baltimore County	884 F. Supp. 991	45
1991	K-Mart Corp. v. Swann Ltd. Partnership (In Re Swann Ltd. Partnership)	128 B.R. 138	19
1990	Shepard v. Keystone Insurance	743 F. Supp. 429	18
1989	Lowry v. Security Pacific Business Credit, Inc. (In Re Columbia Data Products, Inc.)	99 B.R. 682	14
1992	Dowty Communications Inc. v. Novatel Computer Systems Corp.	817 F. Supp. 581	13
1989	Perini Corp. v. Perini Construction, Inc.	715 F. Supp. 719	13
1992	Prince v. Illien Adoptions International, Ltd.	806 F. Supp. 1225	12
1990	T. Rowe Price New Horizons Fund, Inc. v. Preletz	749 F. Supp. 705	12
1993	Learning Disabilities Ass'n of Maryland, Inc. v. Board of Education	837 F. Supp. 717	11
1990	First National Bank of Maryland v. United States Wall Corp. (In Re Incor, Inc.)	113 B.R. 212	11
1993	Leather Masters (PVT), Ltd. v. Giampier Ltd.	836 F. Supp. 328	10
1993	Stephens v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance	821 F. Supp. 1119	9
1986	Bunker Ramo-Eltra Corp. v. Fairchild Industries, Inc.	639 F. Supp. 409	9
1994	Anheuser-Busch, Inc. v. Mayor of Baltimore City	855 F. Supp. 811	8
1991	Mulberry Hills Development Corp. v. United States	772 F. Supp. 1553	8

Showing the 15 most-cited of 33 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 John Raymond Hargrove Sr.?: President Ronald Reagan appointed John Raymond Hargrove Sr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1984.
Was John Raymond Hargrove Sr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: John Raymond Hargrove Sr. was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was John Raymond Hargrove Sr.'s confirmation vote?: John Raymond Hargrove Sr. was confirmed by voice vote on February 9, 1984. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was John Raymond Hargrove Sr. on?: John Raymond Hargrove Sr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland.

Sources

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13 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).