Norman Moon

Norman K. Moon is a judge on senior status for the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia. He joined the Court in 1997 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. Moon assumed senior status July 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, a J.D. degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1962, and later his Master 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 the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia by President Bill Clinton on October 8, 1997 to a seat vacated by Jackson Kiser. Moon was confirmed by the Senate on November 7, 1997 on a Senate voice vote and received commission on November 12, 1997.^[2] Moon assumed senior status July 1, 2010.^[1] Moon was succeeded in this position by Michael Urbanski.

Noteworthy cases

"Obamacare" suit: Federal healthcare law's constitutionality challenged (2010)

See also: United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia (Liberty University, Inc., et al., v. Timothy Geithner, Kathleen Sebelius, et al., 6:10-cv-00015-nkm)

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]

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Footnotes

Political offices
Preceded by: Jackson Kiser	Western District of Virginia 1997–2010 Seat #4	Succeeded by: Michael Urbanski

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Federal judges who have served the United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia

Active judges

Chief Judge: Michael Urbanski • Elizabeth K. Dillon • Thomas Cullen (Virginia)

Senior judges

James Jones (Virginia) • Norman Moon •

Magistrate judges

Pamela Sargent • Robert Ballou • Joel C. Hoppe •

Former Article III judges

John George Jackson • Alexander Caldwell • Philip Clayton Pendleton • Isaac Samuels Pennybacker • John White Brockenbrough • John Jay Jackson • Alexander Rives • John Paul • Henry Clay McDowell • James Turk • Jackson Kiser • Samuel Wilson • Glen Conrad • John Paul, Jr. • Armistead Dobie • Floyd Roberts • Alfred Barksdale • Ted Dalton • James Michael • Thomas Michie • Roby Thompson • Hiram Widener • Glen Williams (Virginia) •

Former Chief judges

James Jones (Virginia) • James Turk • Jackson Kiser • Samuel Wilson • John Paul, Jr. • Ted Dalton • Roby Thompson • Hiram Widener •

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Federal judges nominated by Bill Clinton

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 • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore

[FJC_Bio-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Judge Moon Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.

[2] The Library of Congress, Norman Moon USDC, WDVA confirmation: PN713-105

[3] The New York Times, "Judge Rejects Health Law Challenge," November 30, 2010

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