Edwin Ford Hunter Jr.
Appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1954 and confirmed by voice vote, Edwin Ford Hunter Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. He earned a law degree from George Washington University Law School in 1938. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1911–2002
- Appointed by
- Dwight D. Eisenhower, 1954
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- George Washington Law School 1938
- Succeeded
- Gaston Louis Noel Porterie
- Succeeded by
- Earl Ernest Veron
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Western District of Louisiana succeeded Gaston Louis Noel Porterie | Eisenhower (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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Hunter was assigned 2,010 district-court cases (1983–2001). Median time from filing to termination: 256 days across 2,010 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, Hunter authored 104 published opinions for the court (1954–1999). Most cited: Bartie v. United States (38 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Bartie v. United States | 216 F. Supp. 10 | 38 |
| 1954 | New Zealand Insurance Company v. Holloway | 123 F. Supp. 642 | 29 |
| 1963 | United States v. Manning | 215 F. Supp. 272 | 25 |
| 1965 | Smith v. Brown & Root Marine Operators, Inc. | 243 F. Supp. 130 | 24 |
| 1964 | Grigsby v. Coastal Marine Service of Texas, Inc. | 235 F. Supp. 97 | 23 |
| 1980 | Roach v. Dresser Industrial Valve & Instrument Division | 494 F. Supp. 215 | 22 |
| 1965 | Fawcett v. Missouri Pacific Railroad Company | 242 F. Supp. 675 | 21 |
| 1963 | Lebus v. Manning, Maxwell and Moore, Incorporated | 218 F. Supp. 702 | 19 |
| 1971 | Champagne v. Penrod Drilling Company | 341 F. Supp. 1282 | 18 |
| 1970 | Anderson v. Phoenix of Hartford Insurance Company | 320 F. Supp. 399 | 17 |
| 1993 | Holt v. Lockheed Support Systems, Inc. | 835 F. Supp. 325 | 16 |
| 1985 | Cantieri Navali Riuniti v. M/V SKYPTRON | 621 F. Supp. 171 | 16 |
| 1960 | Autrey v. Williams and Dunlap | 185 F. Supp. 802 | 16 |
| 1964 | James v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | 231 F. Supp. 475 | 15 |
| 1963 | Great Lakes Carbon Corporation v. Continental Oil Company | 219 F. Supp. 468 | 15 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 104 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 Edwin Ford Hunter Jr.?
- President Dwight D. Eisenhower appointed Edwin Ford Hunter Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in 1954.
- Was Edwin Ford Hunter Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Edwin Ford Hunter Jr. was appointed by President Dwight D. Eisenhower, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Edwin Ford Hunter Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Edwin Ford Hunter Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on February 9, 1954. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Edwin Ford Hunter Jr. on?
- Edwin Ford Hunter Jr. 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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48 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).