Who appointed Gene Carter?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Gene Carter to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine in 1983.

Was Gene Carter appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Gene Carter was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Gene Carter's confirmation vote?

Gene Carter was confirmed by voice vote on June 22, 1983. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

District of Maine / Appointed 1983 / Served to 2021

Gene Carter

Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1983 and confirmed by voice vote, Gene Carter was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine. He earned a law degree from New York University School of Law in 1961. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1935–2021
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1983
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of Maine 1958 · New York Law 1961
Succeeded: Edward Thaxter Gignoux
Succeeded by: John A. Woodcock Jr.

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1983	District of Maine succeeded Edward Thaxter Gignoux	Reagan (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

University of Maine	B.A.	1958
New York University School of Law	LL.B.	1961

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Carter was assigned 3,331 district-court cases (1979–2006). Median time from filing to termination: 205 days across 3,329 closed cases.

Contract19%

Personal-injury torts19%

Prisoner & habeas14%

Civil rights13%

Real property8%

Other federal statutes6%

Other22%

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 21 of Carter’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 19 were affirmed, 1 reversed or vacated, and 1 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, Carter authored 760 published opinions for the court (1983–2009). Most cited: McDermott v. Lehman (55 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
1984	McDermott v. Lehman	594 F. Supp. 1315	55
1988	Guilford Industries Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Insurance	688 F. Supp. 792	54
1993	Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc. v. Bishop	839 F. Supp. 68	51
1986	United States v. Butts	630 F. Supp. 1145	50
1984	Singh v. Superintending School Committee	593 F. Supp. 1315	47
1990	Carey Ex Rel. Carey v. Maine School Administrative District 17	754 F. Supp. 906	41
1984	Leathers v. Prime Leather Finishes Co.	40 B.R. 248	39
1985	Lingley v. Stuart Shaines, Inc. (In Re Acme-Dunham Inc.)	50 B.R. 734	35
2003	Wall v. Dion	257 F. Supp. 2d 316	34
1995	United States v. Marenghi	893 F. Supp. 85	34
1992	Weinberger v. Great Northern Nekoosa Corp.	801 F. Supp. 804	32
1984	Gagne v. Carl Bauer Schraubenfabrick, GmbH	595 F. Supp. 1081	32
1990	Snowden v. Millinocket Regional Hospital	727 F. Supp. 701	29
1984	Stanton by Stanton v. Brunswick School Dept.	577 F. Supp. 1560	29
1991	Harris v. International Paper Co.	765 F. Supp. 1509	28

Showing the 15 most-cited of 760 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 Carter?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Gene Carter to the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine in 1983.
Was Gene Carter appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Gene Carter was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Gene Carter's confirmation vote?: Gene Carter was confirmed by voice vote on June 22, 1983. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Gene Carter on?: Gene Carter was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine.

Sources

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38 years on the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).