George Arceneaux Jr.
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, George Arceneaux Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He earned a law degree from American University, Washington College of Law in 1957. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1928–1993
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Louisiana State 1949 · American, Washington College of Law 1957
- Succeeded by
- Stanwood R. Duval Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Eastern District of Louisiana | 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, Arceneaux was assigned 1,525 district-court cases (1970–1993). Median time from filing to termination: 242 days across 1,525 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, Arceneaux authored 73 published opinions for the court (1980–1993). Most cited: United States v. Bear Marine Services (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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | United States v. Bear Marine Services | 509 F. Supp. 710 | 23 |
| 1981 | Marathon Pipe Line Co. v. Drilling Rig Rowan/Odessa | 527 F. Supp. 824 | 22 |
| 1984 | Smith v. Western Offshore, Inc. | 590 F. Supp. 670 | 19 |
| 1980 | Karl Senner, Inc. v. M/V ACADIAN VALOR | 485 F. Supp. 287 | 17 |
| 1985 | Jordan v. General Motors Corp. | 624 F. Supp. 72 | 16 |
| 1986 | Ducre v. Mine Safety Appliances Co. | 645 F. Supp. 708 | 14 |
| 1985 | New Orleans Saints v. Griesedieck | 612 F. Supp. 59 | 14 |
| 1988 | Farrell Construction Co. v. Jefferson Parish | 693 F. Supp. 490 | 11 |
| 1984 | Rivercity v. American Can Co. | 600 F. Supp. 908 | 11 |
| 1984 | United States v. Saint Bernard Parish | 589 F. Supp. 617 | 10 |
| 1993 | Maher v. Strachan Shipping Co. | 817 F. Supp. 43 | 9 |
| 1988 | Merle Norman Cosmetics v. Martin | 705 F. Supp. 296 | 9 |
| 1983 | Ducre v. Mine Safety Appliances | 573 F. Supp. 388 | 9 |
| 1991 | New Orleans Electrical Pension Fund v. DeRocha | 779 F. Supp. 845 | 8 |
| 1992 | Matter of Oceanic Fleet, Inc. | 807 F. Supp. 1261 | 7 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 73 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 George Arceneaux Jr.?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed George Arceneaux Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1979.
- Was George Arceneaux Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- George Arceneaux Jr. was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was George Arceneaux Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- George Arceneaux Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on September 25, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was George Arceneaux Jr. on?
- George Arceneaux Jr. was 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 Government (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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13 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).