Norma Holloway Johnson
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, Norma Holloway Johnson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. She earned a law degree from Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law Center in 1962. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1932–2011
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1980
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- District of Columbia Teachers College (now Univ. of the District of Columbia) 1955 · Georgetown College (now Georgetown) Law Center 1962
- Succeeded
- George Luzerne Hart Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Richard J. Leon
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | District of Columbia succeeded George Luzerne Hart Jr. | Carter (D) | 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
| District of Columbia Teachers College (now Univ. of the District of Columbia) | B.S. | 1955 |
| Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law Center | J.D. | 1962 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Johnson was assigned 2,284 district-court cases (1981–2003). Median time from filing to termination: 216 days across 2,280 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, Johnson authored 67 published opinions for the court (1980–2008). Most cited: New York Times Co. v. National Aeronautics & Space Administration (27 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | New York Times Co. v. National Aeronautics & Space Administration | 782 F. Supp. 628 | 27 |
| 1988 | Cosgrove v. Thornburgh | 703 F. Supp. 995 | 26 |
| 1987 | Public Citizen v. Heckler | 653 F. Supp. 1229 | 24 |
| 1982 | First Nat. Bank of Scotia v. United States | 530 F. Supp. 162 | 24 |
| 1981 | Riggs Nat. Bank of Washington DC v. Allbritton | 516 F. Supp. 164 | 24 |
| 2008 | Moore v. Bush | 535 F. Supp. 2d 46 | 20 |
| 1996 | American Society of Dermatology v. Shalala | 962 F. Supp. 141 | 20 |
| 1994 | Wellington v. District of Columbia | 851 F. Supp. 1 | 20 |
| 1984 | Coalition to Preserve the Integrity of American Trademarks v. United States | 598 F. Supp. 844 | 20 |
| 1984 | Belushi v. Woodward | 598 F. Supp. 36 | 15 |
| 1981 | Jennings v. United States | 530 F. Supp. 40 | 14 |
| 2001 | United States v. Pollard | 161 F. Supp. 2d 1 | 12 |
| 1987 | Haralson v. Federal Home Loan Bank Board | 655 F. Supp. 1550 | 12 |
| 1986 | Mead Johnson Pharmaceutical Group v. Bowen | 655 F. Supp. 53 | 12 |
| 1994 | Sherwood v. Washington Post | 871 F. Supp. 1471 | 11 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 67 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 Norma Holloway Johnson?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Norma Holloway Johnson to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia in 1980.
- Was Norma Holloway Johnson appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Norma Holloway Johnson was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Norma Holloway Johnson's confirmation vote?
- Norma Holloway Johnson was confirmed by voice vote on May 9, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Norma Holloway Johnson on?
- Norma Holloway Johnson was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Kayyahoo04 (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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23 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).