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Claude Hilton
Claude M. Hilton is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. Hilton joined the court in 1985 after a nomination from President Ronald Reagan.[1]
Early life and education
A native of Scott County, Virginia, Hilton graduated from Ohio State University with his bachelor's degree in 1963 and from American University's Washington College of Law with his J.D. in 1966.[1]
Professional career
- 2005-Present: Senior judge
- 1997-2004: Chief judge
- 1985-2005: Judge
- 1976-1985: Commissioner in chancery, Virginia circuit court, Arlington County, Va.
- 1976-1985: Private practice, Arlington, Va.
- 1974-1975: Commonwealth's attorney, Virginia
- 1968-1973: Private practice, Arlington, Va.
- 1967-1968: Assistant commonwealth's attorney, Arlington, Va.[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Virginia
| Nominee Information |
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| Name: Claude M. Hilton |
| Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 56 days after nomination. |
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
Hilton was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on May 15, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333. Hearings on Hilton's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on June 12, 1985, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on June 20, 1985. Hilton was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on July 10, 1985, and he received his the next day. Hilton served as chief judge of the court from 1997 to 2004. He elected to take senior status beginning on December 31, 2005. He was succeeded in this position by Judge Liam O'Grady.[1][2]
Judge, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court
Hilton served as a judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2000 to 2007.[1]
Noteworthy cases
Communications Decency Act prevents loss of revenue claims against online search engines (2015)
Baldino’s Lock and Key Service, Inc. sued 25 unnamed defendants in a Virginia federal court for loss of revenue under the Communications Decency Act. Included with the unnamed defendants, however, the locksmith company also brought claims against popular search engines like Google and YellowBook, arguing that these search engines were at fault for providing unsuspecting locksmith-seekers with information on the unlicensed unnamed defendants due to internet advertising. As a result, Baldino’s, a fully licensed locksmith company, lost revenue. Judge Claude M. Hilton dismissed the case, holding "[the] plain language of the statute creates a federal immunity to any cause of action that would make an interactive computer service liable for content originating with a third-party information content provider."[3]
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See also
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia
- United States Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat 98 Stat. 333 |
Eastern District of Virginia 1985–2005 Seat #9 |
Succeeded by: Liam O'Grady
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
Federal courts:
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Virginia, Western District of Virginia • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Virginia, Western District of Virginia
State courts:
Virginia Supreme Court • Virginia Court of Appeals • Virginia Circuit Courts • Virginia District Courts • Virginia Magistrates
State resources:
Courts in Virginia • Virginia judicial elections • Judicial selection in Virginia