Charles Schwartz Jr.
Appointed by President Gerald Ford in 1976 and confirmed by voice vote, Charles Schwartz Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He earned a law degree from Tulane University Law School in 1947. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1922–2012
- Appointed by
- Gerald Ford, 1976
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Tulane 1943 · Tulane Law School 1947
- Succeeded
- Herbert William Christenberry
- Succeeded by
- Edith Brown Clement
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Eastern District of Louisiana succeeded Herbert William Christenberry | Ford (R) | 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
| Tulane University | B.A. | 1943 |
| Tulane University Law School | J.D. | 1947 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Schwartz was assigned 2,593 district-court cases (1976–2001). Median time from filing to termination: 205 days across 2,592 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, Schwartz authored 162 published opinions for the court (1976–2001). Most cited: Truehart v. Blandon (31 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Truehart v. Blandon | 672 F. Supp. 929 | 31 |
| 1977 | Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Abraham | 439 F. Supp. 1150 | 27 |
| 1991 | Duplantis v. Texaco, Inc. | 771 F. Supp. 787 | 24 |
| 1979 | Owens v. Magee Finance Service of Bogalusa, Inc. | 476 F. Supp. 758 | 21 |
| 1991 | In Re Complaint for Exoneration From or Limitation of Liability of Shell Oil Co. | 780 F. Supp. 1086 | 20 |
| 1991 | Cater v. Placid Oil Co. | 760 F. Supp. 568 | 18 |
| 1988 | Finkelstein v. Barthelemy | 678 F. Supp. 1255 | 18 |
| 1984 | In Re Beauty | 42 B.R. 655 | 18 |
| 1993 | Bailey v. Sonnier (In Re Sonnier) | 157 B.R. 976 | 15 |
| 1987 | EAST, Inc. of Stamford, Conn. v. M/V ALAIA | 673 F. Supp. 796 | 14 |
| 1994 | Coates v. AC AND S, INC. | 844 F. Supp. 1126 | 13 |
| 1985 | Rigby v. Tenneco Oil Co. | 607 F. Supp. 1247 | 13 |
| 1984 | Olympia Co., Inc. v. Celotex Corp. | 597 F. Supp. 285 | 13 |
| 1994 | Richardson v. Advanced Cardiovascular Systems, Inc. | 865 F. Supp. 1210 | 12 |
| 1991 | Federal Trade Commission v. National Business Consultants, Inc. | 781 F. Supp. 1136 | 12 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 162 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 Charles Schwartz Jr.?
- President Gerald Ford appointed Charles Schwartz Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1976.
- Was Charles Schwartz Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Charles Schwartz Jr. was appointed by President Gerald Ford, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Charles Schwartz Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Charles Schwartz Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on May 6, 1976. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Charles Schwartz Jr. on?
- Charles Schwartz Jr. 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 Government (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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36 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).