Quick facts
Court U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Position circuit
Status Deceased
Served 1959–1971
Appointed by Dwight D. Eisenhower (Republican)
Commissioned 1959-06-17
Education West Virginia University College of Law, LL.B., 1920
Signed orders read 25
Last updated 2026-07-12
Motion outcomes
AppealN = 21
counts only
6 1 14
Petition for reviewN = 4
counts only
3 1
Counted from classified signed orders. A “1 of 1” is one ruling, not a tendency.
About this data
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How Judge Boreman decides
Patterns drawn from this judge's own signed orders. Every observation links to the order it came from.
Requires substantial evidence rather than suspicion or stacked inferences to sustain an agency finding of discriminatory motive.
“The Board’s holding that the company violated sections 8(a) (3) and (1) by discharging Fred Cox is not supported by substantial evidence”
Looks beyond a tax understatement for additional facts and circumstances establishing willfulness.
“Willfulness, of course, may not be inferred from the mere understatement of income.”
Requires a federal evidentiary hearing when an unexplained state habeas ruling leaves material factual issues unresolved.
“The failure of the district court to do so in this case was error.”
Treats timeliness as essential to intervention and reviews the trial court's case-specific judgment for abuse of discretion.
“there has been no showing by appellants that the district court abused its discretion in denying the motion to intervene as untimely.”
Declines habeas review that would transfer the state jury's fact-finding role to a federal court.
“To require such exhaustive review would transfer the ultimate fact finding function from state court juries to the federal courts.”
Signed rulings
A grounded sample of orders signed by this judge, with the verbatim dispositive language.
Dubin-Haskell Lining Corp. v. National Labor Relations Board
· 1967-03-10
Petition for review (employer-petitioner)
Granted in part
“Enforcement granted in part and denied in part.”
Holloway v. Cox
· 1971-01-29
Appeal (habeas-petitioner-appellant)
Denied
“Affirmed.”
Paige v. United States
· 1971-06-10
Appeal (section-2255-movant-appellant)
Granted
“Vacated and remanded.”
Cohen v. Laird
· 1971-03-19
Appeal (service-members-appellants)
Denied
“Affirmed.”
United States v. Bagdasian
· 1968-07-18
Appeal (criminal-defendant-appellant)
Denied
“Affirmed.”
United States v. Warwick Mobile Home Estates, Inc.
· 1976-03-18
Appeal (United-States-appellant)
Granted
“Remanded with directions.”
Hazeltine Research, Inc. v. Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
· 1972-11-15
Appeal (patent-owner-appellant)
Denied
“Affirmed.”
Vance Trucking Co. v. Canal Insurance Co.
· 1968-05-07
Appeal (insurer-appellant)
Denied
“Affirmed.”
Vernatter v. Allstate Insurance Co.
· 1966-06-13
Appeal (plaintiff-appellant)
Denied
“Affirmed.”
National Labor Relations Board v. Rish Equipment Co.
· 1968-10-03
Petition for review (agency-petitioner)
Granted
“The petition for summary entry of a decree enforcing the Board’s order is granted.”
Boleski v. American Export Lines, Inc.
· 1967-10-12
Appeal (shipowner-appellant)
Denied
“Affirmed.”
Board of County Supervisors of Henrico County v. Insurance Co. of North America
· 1974-04-09
Appeal (county-appellant)
Granted
“Reversed.”
A historical record
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