Charles Pinckney James (May 11, 1818 – August 9, 1899) was an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.
[2] He was in private practice in Washington, D.C. from 1864 to 1879, also working as a Professor of law at Georgetown University from 1870 to 1874.
In 1877, commissioner George S. Boutwell prepared the second edition of the Revised Statutes with the assistance of James.
James received a recess appointment from President Rutherford B. Hayes on July 24, 1879, to an Associate Justice seat on the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (now the United States District Court for the District of Columbia) vacated by Associate Justice David Campbell Humphreys.
He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 10, 1879, and received his commission the same day.