Santiago E. Campos
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978 and confirmed by voice vote, Santiago E. Campos was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. He earned a law degree from University of New Mexico School of Law in 1953. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1926–2001
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1978
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of New Mexico Law 1953
- Succeeded
- Harry Vearle Payne
- Succeeded by
- Martha Alicia Vázquez
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | District of New Mexico succeeded Harry Vearle Payne | 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, Campos was assigned 1,374 district-court cases (1980–2000). Median time from filing to termination: 278 days across 1,374 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, Campos authored 22 published opinions for the court (1980–1998). Most cited: Salazar v. Furr's, Inc. (47 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Salazar v. Furr's, Inc. | 629 F. Supp. 1403 | 47 |
| 1998 | Chavez v. Kincaid | 15 F. Supp. 2d 1118 | 43 |
| 1980 | Tayyari v. New Mexico State University | 495 F. Supp. 1365 | 34 |
| 1990 | Armijo v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. | 754 F. Supp. 1526 | 18 |
| 1984 | Allen v. Toshiba Corp. | 599 F. Supp. 381 | 16 |
| 1980 | National Indian Youth Council v. Andrus | 501 F. Supp. 649 | 16 |
| 1991 | Margetson v. United Van Lines, Inc. | 785 F. Supp. 917 | 15 |
| 1990 | Tafoya v. City of Albuquerque | 751 F. Supp. 1527 | 10 |
| 1983 | Donovan v. I AND J, INC. | 567 F. Supp. 93 | 9 |
| 1995 | Bivens Ex Rel. Green v. Albuquerque Public Schools | 899 F. Supp. 556 | 8 |
| 1993 | Resolution Trust Corp. v. Foley | 829 F. Supp. 352 | 6 |
| 1981 | McKinney v. Gannett Co., Inc. | 660 F. Supp. 984 | 6 |
| 1997 | Schuler v. McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. | 989 F. Supp. 1377 | 5 |
| 1996 | Alcaraz v. Avnet, Inc. | 933 F. Supp. 1025 | 4 |
| 1990 | Romero v. MASON AND HANGER-SILAS MASON CO., INC. | 739 F. Supp. 1472 | 4 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 22 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 Santiago E. Campos?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Santiago E. Campos to the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico in 1978.
- Was Santiago E. Campos appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Santiago E. Campos was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Santiago E. Campos's confirmation vote?
- Santiago E. Campos was confirmed by voice vote on July 10, 1978. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Santiago E. Campos on?
- Santiago E. Campos was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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22 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of New Mexico. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).