Earl Ernest Veron
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 and confirmed by voice vote, Earl Ernest Veron was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. He earned a law degree from Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center) in 1959. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1922–1990
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1977
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- McNeese State 1957 · Louisiana State Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center) 1959
- Succeeded
- Edwin Ford Hunter Jr.
- Succeeded by
- James Travis Trimble Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Western District of Louisiana succeeded Edwin Ford Hunter Jr. | 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
| McNeese State University | B.A. | 1957 |
| Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center) | J.D. | 1959 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Veron was assigned 1,350 district-court cases (1977–1990). Median time from filing to termination: 310 days across 1,350 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, Veron authored 74 published opinions for the court (1978–1990). Most cited: In Re NRG Resources, Inc. (79 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | In Re NRG Resources, Inc. | 64 B.R. 643 | 79 |
| 1978 | Dow Chemical v. Consumer Product Safety Commission | 459 F. Supp. 378 | 26 |
| 1988 | Bass v. Retirement Plan of Conoco, Inc. | 676 F. Supp. 735 | 17 |
| 1984 | United States v. Savoie | 594 F. Supp. 678 | 17 |
| 1987 | Airline Car Rental, Inc. v. Shreveport Airport Authority | 667 F. Supp. 303 | 16 |
| 1983 | Counts v. Lafayette Crewboats, Inc. | 622 F. Supp. 299 | 15 |
| 1985 | Moser v. Aminoil, U.S.A., Inc. | 618 F. Supp. 774 | 14 |
| 1979 | Dow Chemical v. Consumer Product Safety Commission | 464 F. Supp. 904 | 14 |
| 1985 | Hebert v. Kerr-McGee Corp. | 618 F. Supp. 767 | 13 |
| 1988 | Williams v. Ciba-Geigy Corp. | 686 F. Supp. 573 | 12 |
| 1986 | Brock v. Self | 632 F. Supp. 1509 | 12 |
| 1988 | Eltech Systems Corp. v. PPG Industries, Inc. | 710 F. Supp. 622 | 11 |
| 1980 | Perkins v. Emerson Electric Co. | 482 F. Supp. 1347 | 11 |
| 1988 | In Re the Complaint of Cameron Boat Rentals, Inc. | 683 F. Supp. 577 | 10 |
| 1986 | Airline Car Rental, Inc. v. Shreveport Airport Authority | 667 F. Supp. 293 | 10 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 74 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 Earl Ernest Veron?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Earl Ernest Veron to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in 1977.
- Was Earl Ernest Veron appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Earl Ernest Veron was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Earl Ernest Veron's confirmation vote?
- Earl Ernest Veron was confirmed by voice vote on August 4, 1977. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Earl Ernest Veron on?
- Earl Ernest Veron was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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13 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).