Adrian Guy Duplantier
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1978 and confirmed by voice vote, Adrian Guy Duplantier was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He earned a law degree from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law in 1949. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1929–2007
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1978
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Loyola New Orleans Law 1949
- Succeeded
- Roger Blake West
- Succeeded by
- Eldon E. Fallon
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Eastern District of Louisiana succeeded Roger Blake West | Carter (D) | Voice vote |
Party letters show the appointing president’s party, not the judge’s own. A voice vote means the chamber approved aloud. No senator-by-senator tally is recorded.
Confirmation vote
Voice vote
The Senate approved this confirmation aloud, with no senator-by-senator tally recorded. Recorded roll-call votes begin in 1989.
Education
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Duplantier was assigned 2,163 district-court cases (1980–2005). Median time from filing to termination: 172 days across 2,162 closed cases.
Case assignment is from CourtListener’s PACER-derived docket records: a partial sample, not a complete caseload, reflecting the judge last assigned each case. How we count.
In our data, Duplantier authored 37 published opinions for the court (1978–1996). Most cited: United States v. Chambless (74 citations).
A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Recent & notable rulings
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | United States v. Chambless | 680 F. Supp. 793 | 74 |
| 1981 | Matter of Ta Chi Navigation (Panama) Corp., SA | 513 F. Supp. 148 | 26 |
| 1980 | Tobacco Accessories & Novelty Craftsmen Merchants Ass'n v. Treen | 501 F. Supp. 168 | 20 |
| 1983 | Harper v. Zapata Off-Shore Co. | 563 F. Supp. 576 | 16 |
| 1993 | United States v. Singleton | 824 F. Supp. 609 | 13 |
| 1979 | Curtis v. Allstate Insurance | 473 F. Supp. 315 | 13 |
| 1980 | United States v. Thirty-Six Thousand, One Hundred & Twenty-Five Dollars | 510 F. Supp. 303 | 12 |
| 1993 | Estate of Robichaux v. Jackson National Life Insurance | 821 F. Supp. 429 | 11 |
| 1991 | Sojourner v. Roemer | 772 F. Supp. 930 | 9 |
| 1995 | Orleans Parish School Board v. United States Gypsum Co. | 892 F. Supp. 794 | 8 |
| 1992 | Resolution Trust Corp. v. Cotten | 790 F. Supp. 649 | 6 |
| 1980 | Barrett v. United States Customs Service & the Department of Treasury | 482 F. Supp. 779 | 6 |
| 1989 | Currie v. Schon | 704 F. Supp. 698 | 5 |
| 1979 | Heard v. Lafourche Parish School Board | 480 F. Supp. 231 | 5 |
| 1993 | Brown v. Naccari | 160 B.R. 784 | 4 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 37 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.
Questions & answers
- Who appointed Adrian Guy Duplantier?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Adrian Guy Duplantier to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1978.
- Was Adrian Guy Duplantier appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Adrian Guy Duplantier was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Adrian Guy Duplantier's confirmation vote?
- Adrian Guy Duplantier was confirmed by voice vote on May 26, 1978. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Adrian Guy Duplantier on?
- Adrian Guy Duplantier was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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29 years on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).