Who appointed Sidney Lee Christie?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Sidney Lee Christie to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in 1964.

Was Sidney Lee Christie appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Sidney Lee Christie was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Sidney Lee Christie's confirmation vote?

Sidney Lee Christie was confirmed by voice vote on April 30, 1964. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of West Virginia / Appointed 1964 / Served to 1974

Sidney Lee Christie

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1964 and confirmed by voice vote, Sidney Lee Christie was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. He earned a law degree from Cumberland School of Law in 1928. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1903–1974
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Dunsmore Business College 1924 · Cumberland Law 1928
Succeeded: Harry Evans Watkins
Succeeded by: Charles Harold Haden II

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1964	Northern District of West Virginia succeeded Harry Evans Watkins	L.B. Johnson (D)	Voice vote
1964	Southern District of West Virginia succeeded Harry Evans Watkins	L.B. Johnson (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

Dunsmore Business College	business college degree	1924
Cumberland School of Law	LL.B.	1928

Judicial Record

In our data, Christie authored 48 published opinions for the court (1964–1973). Most cited: Barker v. Hardway (64 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1968	Barker v. Hardway	283 F. Supp. 228	64
1971	Jamison v. Olga Coal Company	335 F. Supp. 454	30
1967	West Virginia v. Fidelity & Casualty Co. of New York	263 F. Supp. 88	29
1969	Panagopoulous v. Martin	295 F. Supp. 220	24
1970	Kondos v. West Virginia Board of Regents	318 F. Supp. 394	21
1967	Spears v. United States	266 F. Supp. 22	21
1967	Bishop v. Byrne	265 F. Supp. 460	21
1969	Steele v. Steele	295 F. Supp. 1266	19
1965	Suess v. Pugh	245 F. Supp. 661	19
1972	Phillips v. Columbia Gas of West Virginia, Inc.	347 F. Supp. 533	18
1971	James v. West Virginia Board of Regents	322 F. Supp. 217	17
1965	Davis v. Celebrezze	239 F. Supp. 608	16
1970	Bowers v. Coiner	309 F. Supp. 1064	15
1965	Howard v. United Fuel Gas Company	248 F. Supp. 527	14
1969	Iron City Sand & Gravel Division of McDonough Co. v. West Fork Towing Corp.	298 F. Supp. 1091	13

Showing the 15 most-cited of 48 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 Sidney Lee Christie?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Sidney Lee Christie to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia in 1964.
Was Sidney Lee Christie appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Sidney Lee Christie was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Sidney Lee Christie's confirmation vote?: Sidney Lee Christie was confirmed by voice vote on April 30, 1964. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Sidney Lee Christie on?: Sidney Lee Christie was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia.

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9 years on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).