Cameron Currie
| Cameron Currie | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the District of South Carolina | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #8 |
| Station: | Columbia, SC |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 03/11/1994 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Falcon Hawkins |
| Past post: | Magistrate, District of South Carolina |
| Past term: | 1984 - 1986 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1948 |
| Home State: | Florence, SC |
| Bachelors: | U. of South Carolina, B.A., 1970 |
| Law School: | George Washington U. Law , J.D., 1975 |
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Cameron McGowan Currie is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. She joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.
Early life and education
Born in Florence, South Carolina, Currie graduated from the University of South Carolina with her Bachelor's Degree in 1970 and later from the George Washington University School of Law with her Juris Doctor degree in 1975.[1]
Professional career
Currie was a law clerk for former federal magistrate judge, Arthur Burnett, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia from 1973 to 1974. In 1975, Currie was a private practice attorney in the District of Columbia before serving as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Columbia in the U.S. Attorney's Office from 1978 to 1980. In 1980, Currie was an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of South Carolina until 1984. Currie served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the University of South Carolina from 1986 to 1989. From 1989 to 1994, Currie was Chief Deputy State Attorney General for the State of South Carolina.[1]
Judicial career
District of South Carolina
Currie was nominated to the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina by President Bill Clinton on January 27, 1994 to a seat vacated by Falcon Hawkins. Currie was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 10, 1994 on a Senate vote and received her commission on March 11, 1994.[2]
Notable cases
"I Believe" license plates
| United States District Court for the District of South Carolina |
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| In November 2009, Judge Currie ruled that the State of South Carolina could not issue license plates with a cross and the phrase "I Believe." The judge equated this an establishment of religion by government. The license plates were created after South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Andre Bauer helped pushed the legislation in 2008 to authorize the plates.[3] |
See also
External links
- Judge Currie Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- Project Vote Smart, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie's Biography
References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Falcon Hawkins |
District of South Carolina 1994–Current Seat #8 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 1993 |
Adams • Ambrose • Barnes • Brinkema • Bucklew • Chasanow • Coffman • Daughtrey • Ferguson • Ginsburg • Hagen • Jackson • Lancaster • Leval • Lindsay • Messitte • Michael • Piersol • Saris • Schwartz • Seybert • Shanahan • Shaw • Stearns • Trager • Vazquez • Wilken • Wilson | ||
| 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 • 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 | ||
