James Randolph Spencer
b. 1949 · Florence, SC
Judicial Service
| Court | Title | Appointed By | Commissioned | Termination |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia | Judge | Ronald Reagan (Republican) | Oct 14, 1986 | Retirement, Jun 2, 2017 |
Education
- Clark College (now Clark Atlanta University), B.A., 1971
- Harvard Law School, J.D., 1974
- Howard University, M.Div., 1985
Professional Career
U.S. Army captain, JAG Corps, 1975-1978; Assistant U.S. attorney, District of Columbia, 1978-1983; Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Virginia, 1983-1986; Adjunct professor of law, University of Virginia, 1987-
Other Federal Judicial Service
- Reserve Military Judge, U.S. Army, 1981-1986
Opinions on This Site
70 opinions from 1978 to 2013
- Roxana Santos v. Frederick County Board of Commissioners 2013
- United States v. Michael Hamilton 2012
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Randstad 2012
- Benjamin Hines, Jr. v. Triad Marine Center, Incorporated 2012
- United States v. Mohamad Hammoud 2012
- Phillips v. Shinseki 2009
- Sky Technologies LLC v. SAP AG & SAP America, Inc. 2009
- Easter v. United States 2009
- Horizon Lines, LLC v. United States 2009
- Jackson v. Shinseki 2009
- Ferris v. Office of Personnel Management 2009
- Lock v. General Services Administration 2009
- Lock v. General Services Administration 2009
- Voss v. Shinseki 2009
- Armachuelo v. Merit Systems Protection Board 2009
- Sharpe v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs 2007
- O'Quinn v. Trustees of the United Mine Workers Health & Retirement Funds 2006
- Tudor v. Harrison 2006
- Stephen L. Mudd v. Jo Anne B. Barnhart, Commissioner of Social Security 2005
- Potomac Electric Power Co. v. Leavitt 2005
- Young v. Nickols 2005
- PSINet, Inc. v. Chapman 2004
- Cohen v. USEC, Incorporated 2003
- PSINet, Inc. v. Chapman 2003
- Ernest Scott v. Mason Coal Company Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor 2002
- Smith Barney, Inc. v. Critical Health Systems of North Carolina, Inc. 2000
- Jean v. Collins 1997
- Arch Mineral Corp v. Babbitt, Sec 1997
- HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital v. American National Red Cross 1996
- Bowers v. Atlanta Motor Speedway, Inc. 1996
- Burns v. AAF-McQuay, Inc. 1996
- United States v. Henoud 1996
- U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development v. Cost Control Marketing & Sales Management of Virginia, Inc. 1995
- Charleston Area Medical Center, Inc. v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield Mutual of Ohio, Inc. 1993
- Stuart Circle Hospital Corporation v. Aetna Health Management Aetna Life Insurance Company, Hca Health Services of Virginia, Amicus Curiae 1993
- Ronald O. Linton v. Frederick County Board of County Commissioners R. Wayne Keeler 1992
- Robbins v. Robbins (In re Robbins) 1992
- Joshua Romero, a Minor, by His Father and Next Friend, Clifford A. Romero Clifford A. Romero Roxanna A. Romero v. United States 1992
- James City County v. United States Environmental Protection Agency 1992
- United States v. Craig O. Copley 1991
- United States v. Raynor 1991
- United States v. Zeb Lloyd Cummings, United States of America v. Delton Cummings 1991
- United States v. Harold Ray Wade, Jr. 1991
- Nobles v. First Carolina Communications, Inc. 1991
- State of North Carolina v. Lemans L. Ivory 1990
- United States v. Jerome T. Bledsoe 1990
- Richland-Lexington Airport District v. Atlas Properties, Inc., D/B/A Carolina Chemicals 1990
- Plyler v. Evatt 1990
- United States v. James Edward Colkley, United States of America v. Jamison Henry Johnson 1990
- Vollmar v. CSX Transportation, Inc. 1990
- Arthur Young & Company v. City of Richmond 1990
- Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority v. Buchart-Horn, Inc. 1990
- Kathryne L. Carmody v. Secretary of the Navy, and Martin D. Carmody 1989
- United States v. James Edward Harris 1989
- Alton B. Smith v. State of South Carolina 1989
- United States v. Carlton J. Smith 1988
- United States v. William v. McPherson Jr. 1988
- Ethel B. Miller v. Internal Revenue Service, Tobias C. Tolzmann Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Amicus Curiae 1987
- Clifford D. Whipp v. Seafarers Vacation Plan 1987
- Pocahontas Supreme Coal Co. v. Bethlehem Steel Corp. 1987
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 93,231 William C. Fraser v. Merrill Lynch Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. Franklyn C. Shulman Allan G. Kenzie 1987
- Emma Jane PULLEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Otis R. BOWEN, Secretary of Health and Human Services, Defendant-Appellee 1987
- United States v. Juvenile Male 1987
- Davidson Transfer & Storage Co. v. Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia & Vicinity 1987
- Bituminous Construction, Inc. v. Rucker Enterprises, Inc. 1987
- Don Patrick Nicholson v. Board of Education Torrance Unified School District 1982
- United States v. Larry Burdette Johnson 1980
- William C. Waggoner, Etc. v. C & D Pipeline Company 1979
- United States v. Abel v. Quijada 1979
- United States v. Victor Vargas-Martinez, United States of America v. Jose Arroyo-Ayala 1978