Frank Joseph Polozola
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1980 and confirmed by voice vote, Frank Joseph Polozola was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. He earned a law degree from Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center) in 1965. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1942–2013
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1980
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Louisiana State Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center) 1965
- Succeeded
- Elmer Gordon West
- Succeeded by
- Brian Anthony Jackson
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Middle District of Louisiana succeeded Elmer Gordon 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, Polozola was assigned 8,989 district-court cases (1965–2013). Median time from filing to termination: 293 days across 8,987 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 104 of Polozola’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 86 were affirmed, 10 reversed or vacated, and 8 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, Polozola authored 305 published opinions for the court (1980–2009). Most cited: Guerin v. Pointe Coupee Parish Nursing Home (73 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Guerin v. Pointe Coupee Parish Nursing Home | 246 F. Supp. 2d 488 | 73 |
| 2005 | England v. New Century Financial Corp. | 370 F. Supp. 2d 504 | 44 |
| 1991 | Nieves v. Houston Industries, Inc. | 771 F. Supp. 159 | 35 |
| 1982 | American Dairy Queen Corp. v. Tantillo | 536 F. Supp. 718 | 34 |
| 1992 | Federal Sav. and Loan Ins. Corp. v. Shelton | 789 F. Supp. 1367 | 33 |
| 1986 | Courtney v. Benedetto | 627 F. Supp. 523 | 28 |
| 1981 | Carpenter v. Illinois Central Gulf Railroad | 524 F. Supp. 249 | 27 |
| 1985 | Cason v. Texaco, Inc. | 621 F. Supp. 1518 | 25 |
| 1984 | Capital Bank & Trust Co. v. Associated International Insurance | 576 F. Supp. 1522 | 25 |
| 1995 | Fairchild v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance | 907 F. Supp. 969 | 23 |
| 1985 | Hale v. Billups of Gonzales, Inc. | 610 F. Supp. 162 | 22 |
| 1997 | Ascension Enterprises, Inc. v. Allied Signal, Inc. | 969 F. Supp. 359 | 21 |
| 1999 | United States v. Edwards | 39 F. Supp. 2d 692 | 20 |
| 1990 | Royer v. Harris Well Service, Inc. | 741 F. Supp. 1247 | 19 |
| 1984 | Rebelle v. United States | 588 F. Supp. 49 | 19 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 305 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 Frank Joseph Polozola?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Frank Joseph Polozola to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana in 1980.
- Was Frank Joseph Polozola appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Frank Joseph Polozola was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Frank Joseph Polozola's confirmation vote?
- Frank Joseph Polozola was confirmed by voice vote on May 21, 1980. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Frank Joseph Polozola on?
- Frank Joseph Polozola was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle 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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32 years on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).