Henry Alvan Mentz Jr.
Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1982 and confirmed by voice vote, Henry Alvan Mentz Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He earned a law degree from Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center) in 1943. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1920–2005
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan, 1982
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Tulane 1941 · Louisiana State Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center) 1943
- Succeeded
- Lansing Leroy Mitchell
- Succeeded by
- Sarah S. Vance
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Eastern District of Louisiana succeeded Lansing Leroy Mitchell | 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
| Tulane University | B.A. | 1941 |
| Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center) | LL.B. | 1943 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Mentz was assigned 2,244 district-court cases (1979–2000). Median time from filing to termination: 213 days across 2,244 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, Mentz authored 164 published opinions for the court (1982–2000). Most cited: Jones v. St. Tammany Parish Jail (49 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Jones v. St. Tammany Parish Jail | 4 F. Supp. 2d 606 | 49 |
| 1989 | Morales v. Pan American Life Insurance | 718 F. Supp. 1297 | 22 |
| 2000 | Tidewater Marine, Inc. v. Sanco International, Inc. | 113 F. Supp. 2d 987 | 21 |
| 1990 | Fogleman v. Tidewater Barges, Inc. | 747 F. Supp. 348 | 21 |
| 1983 | Richman v. Charter Arms Corp. | 571 F. Supp. 192 | 21 |
| 1991 | Lailhengue v. Mobil Oil Corp. | 775 F. Supp. 908 | 20 |
| 1992 | Hayden v. Phillips Petroleum Co. | 788 F. Supp. 285 | 15 |
| 1991 | Rebstock v. Sonat Offshore Drilling | 764 F. Supp. 75 | 15 |
| 1991 | Hibernia National Bank v. Perez | 124 B.R. 704 | 15 |
| 1988 | Santos v. Sacks | 697 F. Supp. 275 | 15 |
| 1998 | Richard v. City of Harahan | 6 F. Supp. 2d 565 | 14 |
| 1991 | Belle Pass Towing Corp. v. Cheramie | 763 F. Supp. 1348 | 14 |
| 1986 | Burke v. United States | 644 F. Supp. 566 | 14 |
| 1983 | Equilease Corp. v. M/V SAMSON | 568 F. Supp. 1259 | 14 |
| 1992 | Jefferson Parish Hospital District 2 v. Harvey | 788 F. Supp. 282 | 13 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 164 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 Henry Alvan Mentz Jr.?
- President Ronald Reagan appointed Henry Alvan Mentz Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1982.
- Was Henry Alvan Mentz Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Henry Alvan Mentz Jr. was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Henry Alvan Mentz Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Henry Alvan Mentz Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on June 24, 1982. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Henry Alvan Mentz Jr. on?
- Henry Alvan Mentz 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 District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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19 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).