George Carter Carr
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1977 and confirmed by voice vote, George Carter Carr was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. He earned a law degree from University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) in 1954. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1929–1990
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1977
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- University of Florida 1951 · University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) 1954
- Succeeded
- Charles Ray Scott
- Succeeded by
- Anne C. Conway
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Middle District of Florida succeeded Charles Ray Scott | 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
| University of Florida | B.S.B.A. | 1951 |
| University of Florida College of Law (now Fredric G. Levin College of Law) | LL.B. | 1954 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Carr was assigned 648 district-court cases (1981–1989). Median time from filing to termination: 350 days across 648 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, Carr authored 20 published opinions for the court (1978–1988). Most cited: United States v. Hartley (19 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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. Hartley | 486 F. Supp. 1348 | 19 |
| 1979 | Debra P. v. Turlington | 474 F. Supp. 244 | 15 |
| 1986 | Seminole Electric Cooperative, Inc. v. Tanner | 635 F. Supp. 582 | 14 |
| 1982 | Manatee County v. Gorsuch | 554 F. Supp. 778 | 13 |
| 1985 | James v. City of Sarasota, Fla. | 611 F. Supp. 25 | 12 |
| 1988 | Cannon v. Gardner-Martin Asphalt Corp. Retirement Trust-Profit Sharing Plan | 699 F. Supp. 265 | 11 |
| 1979 | Walker v. Federal Land Bank of Columbia | 468 F. Supp. 831 | 9 |
| 1979 | United States v. White House Nursing Home, Inc. | 484 F. Supp. 29 | 7 |
| 1978 | Anderson v. Bailar | 459 F. Supp. 792 | 7 |
| 1978 | Allison v. City of Live Oak | 450 F. Supp. 200 | 6 |
| 1988 | Hill v. Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. | 699 F. Supp. 876 | 4 |
| 1985 | United States v. a & B Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc. (In Re a & B Heating & Air Conditioning, Inc.) | 57 B.R. 360 | 4 |
| 1983 | Debra P. v. Turlington | 564 F. Supp. 177 | 4 |
| 1983 | Johnson v. United States | 566 F. Supp. 1012 | 4 |
| 1978 | United States v. Petrulla | 457 F. Supp. 1367 | 4 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 20 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 Carter Carr?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed George Carter Carr to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida in 1977.
- Was George Carter Carr appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- George Carter Carr was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was George Carter Carr's confirmation vote?
- George Carter Carr was confirmed by voice vote on December 15, 1977. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was George Carter Carr on?
- George Carter Carr was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
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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12 years on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).