Who appointed James Marshall Carter?

President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed James Marshall Carter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1967.

Was James Marshall Carter appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

James Marshall Carter was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was James Marshall Carter's confirmation vote?

James Marshall Carter was confirmed by voice vote on November 16, 1967. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Ninth Circuit / Appointed 1967 / Served to 1979

James Marshall Carter

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967 and confirmed by voice vote, James Marshall Carter was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. He earned a law degree from University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law) in 1927. He previously served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1904–1979
Appointed by: Lyndon B. Johnson, 1967
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Pomona College 1924 · University of Southern California Law School (now Gould Law) 1927
Succeeded: Gilbert H. Jertberg
Succeeded by: John Clifford Wallace

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1949	Southern District of California	Truman (D)	Voice vote
1967	Ninth Circuit succeeded Gilbert H. Jertberg	L.B. Johnson (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

Harvard Law School
Pomona College	A.B.	1924
University of Southern California Law School (now Gould School of Law)	J.D.	1927

Judicial Record

In our data, Carter authored 51 published opinions for the court (1950–1967). Most cited: PEOPLE, ETC. v. Coast Federal Sav. & Loan Ass'n (81 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1951	PEOPLE, ETC. v. Coast Federal Sav. & Loan Ass'n	98 F. Supp. 311	81
1956	United States v. Land in Dry Bed of Rosamond Lake, Cal.	143 F. Supp. 314	35
1955	Loew's Incorporated v. Columbia Broadcasting System	131 F. Supp. 165	35
1955	Columbia Pictures Corp. v. National Broadcasting Co.	137 F. Supp. 348	31
1958	United States v. 70.39 Acres of Land	164 F. Supp. 451	30
1957	United States v. Eramdjian	155 F. Supp. 914	28
1961	Penuelas v. Moreno	198 F. Supp. 441	27
1958	Rodgers v. United States	158 F. Supp. 670	27
1950	Standard Accident Ins. Co. of Detroit v. Hull	91 F. Supp. 65	26
1951	Myers v. Shell Oil Co.	96 F. Supp. 670	23
1955	Monolith Portland Midwest Co. v. Reconstruction Finance Corp.	128 F. Supp. 824	22
1955	Kenny v. Alaska Airlines, Inc.	132 F. Supp. 838	21
1967	McKee & Company v. First National Bank of San Diego	265 F. Supp. 1	20
1958	United States v. Fallbrook Public Utility District	165 F. Supp. 806	20
1961	Johnson v. SAN DIEGO WAITERS & BARTENDERS U., LOCAL 500	190 F. Supp. 444	18

Showing the 15 most-cited of 51 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 James Marshall Carter?: President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed James Marshall Carter to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in 1967.
Was James Marshall Carter appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: James Marshall Carter was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was James Marshall Carter's confirmation vote?: James Marshall Carter was confirmed by voice vote on November 16, 1967. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was James Marshall Carter on?: James Marshall Carter was a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Sources

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