Norman Moon
Norman K. Moon is a judge onsenior status for theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. He joined the Court in 1997 after being nominated by PresidentBill Clinton. Moon assumedsenior statusJuly 1, 2010.
Early life and education
Born in Lynchburg,Virginia, Moon graduated from the University of Virginia with his bachelor's degree in 1959. Moon earned first, aJ.D. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1962, and later hisMaster of Laws degree in 1988.[1]
Professional career
- Private practice, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1962-1974
- Judge,Twenty-fourth Judicial Circuit of Virginia, 1974-1985
- Chief judge, 1983-1984
- Judge,Court of Appeals of Virginia, 1985-1997
- Chief judge, 1993-1997[1]
Judicial career
Western District of Virginia
Moon was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the Western District of Virginia by PresidentBill Clinton onOctober 8, 1997 to a seat vacated byJackson Kiser. Moon was confirmed by the Senate onNovember 7, 1997 on a Senate voice vote and received commission onNovember 12, 1997.[2] Moon assumedsenior statusJuly 1, 2010.[1] Moon was succeeded in this position byMichael Urbanski.
Noteworthy cases
"Obamacare" suit: Federal healthcare law's constitutionality challenged (2010)
In November 2010, Judge Moon rejected an argument brought by a private Christian college regarding the constitutionality of the federal healthcare law. Liberty University contended that the Commerce Clause does not allow Congress to mandate that Americans buy a commercial product. Moon disagreed with that claim, stating that purchasing insurance is within the authority of the federal government and the Commerce Clause.[3]
See also
External links
Officeholder United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia |
- The Robing Room- Rate Judge Moon
- The Daily Progress "Area judge requests official ‘senior status’," February 25, 2010(dead link)
- Judge Moon Biography from theFederal Judicial Center
Footnotes
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| Preceded by: Jackson Kiser | Western District of Virginia 1997–2010 Seat #4 | Succeeded by: Michael Urbanski |
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| 1994 | Baer •Barkett •Batts •Beaty •Benavides •Bennett •Berrigan •Biery •Block •Borman •Breyer •Briones •Bryson •Bucklo •Burgess •Burrage •Cabranes •Calabresi •Carr •Casellas •Castillo •Chatigny •Chin •Cindrich •Coar •Collins •Cooper •Cote •Currie •Davis •Dominguez •Downes •Duval •Friedman •Furgeson •Garcia •Gertner •Gettleman •Gillmor •Gilmore •Gleeson •Haggerty •Hamilton •Hannah •Hawkins •Henry •Holmes •Hood •Hull •Hurley •Jack •Jones •Jones •Kaplan •Katz •Kern •Kessler •Koeltl •Lisi •Manning •McKee •McLaughlin •Melancon •Miles-LaGrange •Moore •Motz •Murphy •O'Malley •O'Meara •Oliver •Paez •B. Parker •F. Parker •R. Parker •Perry •Ponsor •Pooler •Porteous •Rendell • Riley •Robertson •Rogers •Ross •Russell •Sands •Sarokin •Scheindlin •Silver •Squatrito •Stewart •Sullivan •Tatel •Thompson •Timlin •Urbina •Vanaskie •Vance •Walls •Wells •Williams | ||
| 1995 | Arterton •Atlas •Black •Blake •Briscoe •Tena Campbell •Todd Campbell •Chesney •Cole •Collier •Daniel •Davis •Dennis •Dlott •Donald •Duffy •Economus •Evans •Fallon •Folsom •Gaughan •Goodwin •Heartfield •Hunt •Illston •Jones •King •Kornmann •Lawson •Lenard •Lucero •Lynch •McKinley •Moody •Moore •Moskowitz •Murphy •Murtha •Nugent •O'Toole •Orlofsky •Pogue •Sessions •C. Smith •O. Smith •Stein •Thornburg •Tunheim •Wallach •Wardlaw •Webber •Whaley •Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 | Broadwater •Clevert •Fenner •Gershon •Gottschall •Greenaway •Hinkle •Jones •Kahn •Laughrey •Lemmon •Marten •Miller •Molloy •Montgomery •Pregerson •Rakoff •Sargus •Tashima •Thomas •Zapata | ||
| 1997 | Adelman •Bataillon •Breyer •Caputo •Casey •Chambers •Clay •Damrell •Droney •Friedman •Gajarsa •Garland •Gilman •Gold •Gwin •Hall •Hayden •Hull •Ishii •Jenkins •Kauffman •Kennedy •Kimball •Kollar-Kotelly •Lazzara •Marbley •Marcus •Middlebrooks •Miller •Moon •Pratt •Rendell •Sippel •Siragusa •Snyder •Thrash | ||
| 1998 | Aiken •Barbier •Barzilay •Berman •Buttram •Carter •Collins •Dawson •Dimitrouleas •Fletcher •Fogel •Frank •Graber •Hellerstein •Herndon •James •Johnson •Kane •Kelly •G. King •R. King •Lasnik •Lee •Lemelle •Lindsay •Lipez •Manella •Matz •McCuskey •McKeown •McMahon •Mickle •Mollway •Mordue •Moreno •Morrow •Munley •Murphy •Pallmeyer •Pauley •Polster •Pooler •Rawlinson •Ridgway •R. Roberts •V. Roberts •Sack •Scott •Seitz •Seymour •Shea •Silverman •Sleet •Sotomayor •Steeh •Story •Straub •Tagle •Tarnow •Trauger •Traxler •Tyson •Wardlaw •Whelan •Young | ||
| 1999 | Alsup •Barry •Brown •Buchwald •Cooper •Eaton •Ellison •Feess •Fisher •Gould •Guzman •Haynes •Hibbler •Hochberg •Hurd •Huvelle •Jordan •Katzmann •Kennelly •Linn •Lorenz •Lynn •Marrero •Murguia •Pannell •Pechman •Pepper •Phillips •Schreier •Stewart •Underhill •Ward •Williams •Wilson | ||
| 2000 | Ambro •Antoon •Battani •Berzon •Bolton •Brady •Bye •Cavanaugh •Daniels •Darrah •Dawson •Dyk •Fuentes •Garaufis •Garcia-Gregory •Hamilton •Huck •Hunt •Lawson •Lefkow •Lynch •Martin •McLaughlin •Moody •Murguia •Paez •Pisano •Presnell •Rawlinson •Reagan •Schiller •Singal •Steele •Surrick •Swain •Tallman •Teilborg •Tucker •Whittemore | ||
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