Norman Park Ramsey
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, Norman Park Ramsey 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 1947. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1922–1993
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1980
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Maryland Law (now Francis King Carey School of Law) 1947
- Succeeded
- Charles Stanley Blair
- Succeeded by
- Alexander Williams Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | District of Maryland succeeded Charles Stanley Blair | 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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Ramsey was assigned 1,836 district-court cases (1979–1992). Median time from filing to termination: 192 days across 1,836 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, Ramsey authored 52 published opinions for the court (1981–1992). Most cited: Mylan Laboratories, Inc. v. Akzo, N.V. (231 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Mylan Laboratories, Inc. v. Akzo, N.V. | 770 F. Supp. 1053 | 231 |
| 1991 | Weyerhaeuser Corp. v. Koppers Co., Inc. | 771 F. Supp. 1406 | 111 |
| 1985 | Towne Management Corp. v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. | 627 F. Supp. 170 | 66 |
| 1985 | Morley v. Cohen | 610 F. Supp. 798 | 55 |
| 1991 | United States v. Fairchild Industries, Inc. | 766 F. Supp. 405 | 51 |
| 1989 | Lee v. Baxter Healthcare Corp. | 721 F. Supp. 89 | 43 |
| 1984 | Westray v. Porthole, Inc. | 586 F. Supp. 834 | 35 |
| 1990 | Vogel v. Independence Federal Savings Bank | 728 F. Supp. 1210 | 29 |
| 1985 | United States v. SCM Corp. | 615 F. Supp. 411 | 22 |
| 1982 | Jones v. Schweiker | 551 F. Supp. 205 | 22 |
| 1990 | Schwartz Bros., Inc. v. Striped Horse Records | 745 F. Supp. 338 | 20 |
| 1988 | Vogel v. Independence Federal Savings Bank | 692 F. Supp. 587 | 19 |
| 1992 | Resolution Trust Corp. v. Hecht | 818 F. Supp. 894 | 16 |
| 1985 | Racetrac Petroleum, Inc. v. Prince George's County | 601 F. Supp. 892 | 16 |
| 1987 | United States v. SCM Corp. | 667 F. Supp. 1110 | 15 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 52 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 Norman Park Ramsey?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Norman Park Ramsey to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in 1980.
- Was Norman Park Ramsey appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Norman Park Ramsey was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Norman Park Ramsey's confirmation vote?
- Norman Park Ramsey was confirmed by voice vote on September 29, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Norman Park Ramsey on?
- Norman Park Ramsey 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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12 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).