Paul Victor Niemeyer
Appointed by President George H.W. Bush in 1990 and confirmed by voice vote, Paul Victor Niemeyer is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. He earned a law degree from Notre Dame Law School in 1966. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1941 · age 85
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush, 1990
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Kenyon College 1962 · Notre Dame Law School 1966
- Succeeded
- Harrison Lee Winter
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | District of Maryland succeeded Frank Albert Kaufman | Reagan (R) | Voice vote |
| 1990 | Fourth Circuit succeeded Harrison Lee Winter | G.H.W. Bush (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
| Kenyon College | A.B. | 1962 |
| Notre Dame Law School | J.D. | 1966 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Niemeyer was assigned 793 district-court cases (1980–1990). Median time from filing to termination: 257 days across 793 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, Niemeyer authored 44 published opinions for the court (1988–2009). Most cited: Franklin v. Mazda Motor Corp. (62 citations).
Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Selected opinions
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Franklin v. Mazda Motor Corp. | 704 F. Supp. 1325 | 62 |
| 1990 | Doe v. Mayor and City Council of Pocomoke City | 745 F. Supp. 1137 | 40 |
| 1989 | Retirement Community Developers, Inc. v. Merine | 713 F. Supp. 153 | 40 |
| 1988 | Quality Inns International, Inc. v. McDonald's Corp. | 695 F. Supp. 198 | 38 |
| 1988 | Tucker v. KFC National Management Co. | 689 F. Supp. 560 | 24 |
| 1989 | Acro Automation Systems, Inc. v. Iscont Shipping Ltd. | 706 F. Supp. 413 | 20 |
| 1990 | Narda, Inc. v. Rhode Island Hospital Trust National Bank | 744 F. Supp. 685 | 19 |
| 1989 | Attorney General of Maryland v. Dickson | 717 F. Supp. 1090 | 19 |
| 1988 | Niedermayer v. Adelman | 90 B.R. 146 | 18 |
| 1990 | Kidwell v. Transportation Communications International Union | 731 F. Supp. 192 | 16 |
| 1990 | Weiner v. Blue Cross of Maryland, Inc. | 730 F. Supp. 674 | 15 |
| 1989 | Singleton v. Manitowoc Co., Inc. | 727 F. Supp. 217 | 15 |
| 1989 | Barbe v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., Inc. | 722 F. Supp. 1257 | 13 |
| 1988 | Smith v. Bernier | 701 F. Supp. 1171 | 13 |
| 1989 | Gussin v. Shockey | 725 F. Supp. 271 | 12 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 44 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 Paul Victor Niemeyer?
- President George H.W. Bush appointed Paul Victor Niemeyer to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in 1990.
- Was Paul Victor Niemeyer appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Paul Victor Niemeyer was appointed by President George H.W. Bush, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Paul Victor Niemeyer's confirmation vote?
- Paul Victor Niemeyer was confirmed by voice vote on August 3, 1990. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Paul Victor Niemeyer on?
- Paul Victor Niemeyer is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
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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36 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).