Fred I. Parker
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994 and confirmed by voice vote, Fred I. Parker was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He earned a law degree from Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law Center in 1965. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1938–2003
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1994
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Massachusetts 1962 · Georgetown College (now Georgetown) Law Center 1965
- Succeeded
- James Lowell Oakes
- Succeeded by
- Peter W. Hall
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | District of Vermont succeeded Albert Wheeler Coffrin | G.H.W. Bush (R) | Voice vote |
| 1994 | Second Circuit succeeded James Lowell Oakes | 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
| University of Massachusetts | B.A. | 1962 |
| Georgetown College (now Georgetown University) Law Center | J.D. | 1965 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Parker was assigned 632 district-court cases (1980–1995). Median time from filing to termination: 264 days across 632 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, Parker authored 60 published opinions for the court (1990–1995). Most cited: MacE v. Amestoy (55 citations).
Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.
Selected opinions
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | MacE v. Amestoy | 765 F. Supp. 847 | 55 |
| 1994 | Fellheimer v. Middlebury College | 869 F. Supp. 238 | 33 |
| 1992 | Abenaki Nation of Mississquoi v. Hughes | 805 F. Supp. 234 | 25 |
| 1991 | McHugh v. University of Vermont | 758 F. Supp. 945 | 25 |
| 1993 | Scherer v. Carroll | 150 B.R. 549 | 23 |
| 1991 | Glinka v. Hinesburg Sand & Gravel, Inc. (In Re APC Construction, Inc.) | 132 B.R. 690 | 18 |
| 1991 | United States v. Taft | 769 F. Supp. 1295 | 18 |
| 1993 | Foucher v. First Vermont Bank & Trust Co. | 821 F. Supp. 916 | 17 |
| 1992 | Vermont Gas Systems, Inc. v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. | 805 F. Supp. 227 | 17 |
| 1993 | Mancini v. General Electric Co. | 820 F. Supp. 141 | 16 |
| 1995 | Goodstein v. Bombardier Capital, Inc. | 889 F. Supp. 760 | 15 |
| 1993 | Gravel & Shea v. Vermont National Bank | 162 B.R. 961 | 15 |
| 1993 | Vermont Plastics, Inc. v. Brine, Inc. | 824 F. Supp. 444 | 15 |
| 1995 | Wilkinson v. Balsam | 885 F. Supp. 651 | 11 |
| 1992 | Bank of Boston v. Baker (In Re Baker) | 140 B.R. 88 | 11 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 60 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 Fred I. Parker?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Fred I. Parker to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in 1994.
- Was Fred I. Parker appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Fred I. Parker was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Fred I. Parker's confirmation vote?
- Fred I. Parker was confirmed by voice vote on October 7, 1994. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Fred I. Parker on?
- Fred I. Parker was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: "The Third Branch". Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Washington, D.C.), publisher. (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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8 years on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).