Gene Edward Brooks
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Gene Edward Brooks was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. He earned a law degree from Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law) in 1958. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1931–2004
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Indiana State 1953 · Indiana Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law) 1958
- Succeeded by
- Richard L. Young
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Southern District of Indiana | 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
| Indiana State University | B.S. | 1953 |
| Indiana University School of Law -- Bloomington (now Maurer School of Law) | LL.B. | 1958 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Brooks was assigned 6,463 district-court cases (1958–1996). Median time from filing to termination: 280 days across 6,462 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, Brooks authored 67 published opinions for the court (1980–1996). Most cited: Kite v. Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp. (23 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Kite v. Richard Wolf Medical Instruments Corp. | 761 F. Supp. 597 | 23 |
| 1991 | Lucoski v. Internal Revenue Service (In Re Lucoski) | 126 B.R. 332 | 20 |
| 1983 | Denu v. Western Gear Corp. | 581 F. Supp. 7 | 15 |
| 1983 | Bell v. Metropolitan School Dist. of Shakamak | 582 F. Supp. 3 | 13 |
| 1980 | Dart Industries, Inc. v. Adell Plastics, Inc. | 517 F. Supp. 9 | 13 |
| 1993 | Springs Valley Bank & Trust Co. v. Carpenter | 885 F. Supp. 1131 | 11 |
| 1984 | Grimes v. Louisville and Nashville R. Co. | 583 F. Supp. 642 | 10 |
| 1983 | Standard Mutual Insurance v. Pavelka | 580 F. Supp. 224 | 10 |
| 1985 | Hostettler v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. | 624 F. Supp. 169 | 9 |
| 1984 | International Steel Co. v. Charter Builders, Inc. | 585 F. Supp. 816 | 9 |
| 1985 | Atkins v. Tony Lama Co., Inc. | 624 F. Supp. 250 | 8 |
| 1984 | Mehler v. Bennett | 581 F. Supp. 645 | 8 |
| 1992 | Big Rivers Electric Corp. v. General Electric Co. | 820 F. Supp. 1123 | 7 |
| 1985 | Utley Ex Rel. Utley v. United States | 624 F. Supp. 641 | 7 |
| 1981 | Dodd v. Rambis | 535 F. Supp. 23 | 7 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 67 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 Gene Edward Brooks?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Gene Edward Brooks to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana in 1979.
- Was Gene Edward Brooks appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Gene Edward Brooks was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Gene Edward Brooks's confirmation vote?
- Gene Edward Brooks was confirmed by voice vote on October 4, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Gene Edward Brooks on?
- Gene Edward Brooks was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: Administrative Office of the United States Courts (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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17 years on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).