Solomon Blatt Jr.
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1971 and confirmed by voice vote, Solomon Blatt Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. He earned a law degree from University of South Carolina School of Law in 1946. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1921–2016
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1971
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of South Carolina 1941 · University of South Carolina Law 1946
- Succeeded
- Donald Stuart Russell
- Succeeded by
- David C. Norton
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | District of South Carolina succeeded Donald Stuart Russell | Nixon (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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Blatt was assigned 3,037 district-court cases (1973–2015). Median time from filing to termination: 255 days across 3,037 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.
On appeal
Of 102 of Blatt’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 95 were affirmed, 3 reversed or vacated, and 4 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Blatt authored 101 published opinions for the court (1971–2010). Most cited: Phillips v. United States (54 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Phillips v. United States | 508 F. Supp. 544 | 54 |
| 1977 | Doyle v. United States | 441 F. Supp. 701 | 38 |
| 1983 | Phillips v. United States | 575 F. Supp. 1309 | 32 |
| 1980 | Phillips v. United States | 508 F. Supp. 537 | 26 |
| 1971 | National Board of YWCA v. YWCA OF CHARLESTON, SC | 335 F. Supp. 615 | 21 |
| 1979 | Robertsen v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance | 464 F. Supp. 876 | 20 |
| 1993 | Joye v. Heuer | 813 F. Supp. 1171 | 18 |
| 1990 | Skidaway Associates, Ltd. v. Glens Falls Insurance | 738 F. Supp. 980 | 18 |
| 1972 | Phillips v. Singletary | 350 F. Supp. 297 | 18 |
| 1987 | Edmonds v. United States | 658 F. Supp. 1126 | 14 |
| 1982 | Rosen v. Associates Financial Services Co. | 17 B.R. 436 | 14 |
| 1997 | Myers v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance | 950 F. Supp. 148 | 13 |
| 1995 | Dent v. Beazer Materials and Services, Inc. | 993 F. Supp. 923 | 12 |
| 1979 | Long v. Baldt | 464 F. Supp. 269 | 12 |
| 1978 | Jizmerjian v. Department of the Air Force | 457 F. Supp. 820 | 12 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 101 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 Solomon Blatt Jr.?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Solomon Blatt Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina in 1971.
- Was Solomon Blatt Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Solomon Blatt Jr. was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Solomon Blatt Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Solomon Blatt Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on May 26, 1971. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Solomon Blatt Jr. on?
- Solomon Blatt Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Photo scanned by South Carolina Political Collections at the University of South Carolina (CC BY-SA 4.0), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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44 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).