Eldon E. Fallon
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1995 and confirmed by voice vote, Eldon E. Fallon is 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 1962. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1939 · age 87
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1995
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Tulane 1959 · Tulane Law School 1962
- Succeeded
- Adrian Guy Duplantier
- Succeeded by
- William Jerrol Crain
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Eastern District of Louisiana succeeded Adrian Guy Duplantier | Clinton (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
| Tulane University | B.A. | 1959 |
| Tulane University Law School | J.D. | 1962 |
| Yale Law School | LL.M. | 1963 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Fallon was assigned 45,809 district-court cases (1987–2026), including large consolidated multidistrict litigation. Median time from filing to termination: 1,043 days across 44,720 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.
On appeal
Of 314 of Fallon’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 220 were affirmed, 31 reversed or vacated, and 63 affirmed in part and reversed in part. This is a historical count of appellate outcomes for cases we could match, not a judgment of the judge, and not a complete record. How we count.
In our data, Fallon authored 149 published opinions for the court (1996–2011). Most cited: Wagoner v. Exxon Mobil Corp. (105 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Wagoner v. Exxon Mobil Corp. | 813 F. Supp. 2d 771 | 105 |
| 2007 | In Re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation | 501 F. Supp. 2d 789 | 59 |
| 2010 | In Re Chinese Manufactured Drywall Products Liability Litigation | 759 F. Supp. 2d 822 | 43 |
| 2008 | In Re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation | 557 F. Supp. 2d 741 | 27 |
| 2010 | In Re Chinese Manufactured Drywall Products Liability Litigation | 680 F. Supp. 2d 780 | 26 |
| 2005 | In Re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation | 401 F. Supp. 2d 565 | 24 |
| 2007 | In Re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation | 501 F. Supp. 2d 776 | 21 |
| 2010 | In Re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation | 760 F. Supp. 2d 640 | 19 |
| 2001 | Thomasson v. Bank One, Louisiana, N.A. | 137 F. Supp. 2d 721 | 18 |
| 2007 | In Re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation | 478 F. Supp. 2d 897 | 16 |
| 2004 | Smith v. Parish of Washington | 318 F. Supp. 2d 366 | 16 |
| 2004 | Daigle v. L & L Marine Trans. Co. | 322 F. Supp. 2d 717 | 15 |
| 1997 | Zadvydas v. Caplinger | 986 F. Supp. 1011 | 15 |
| 2006 | In Re Vioxx Products Liability Litigation | 439 F. Supp. 2d 640 | 14 |
| 2006 | Landry v. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. | 428 F. Supp. 2d 531 | 14 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 149 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 Eldon E. Fallon?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Eldon E. Fallon to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1995.
- Was Eldon E. Fallon appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Eldon E. Fallon was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Eldon E. Fallon's confirmation vote?
- Eldon E. Fallon was confirmed by voice vote on May 8, 1995. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Eldon E. Fallon on?
- Eldon E. Fallon is 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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31 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).