Who appointed James Carriger Paine?

President Jimmy Carter appointed James Carriger Paine to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 1979.

Was James Carriger Paine appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

James Carriger Paine was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was James Carriger Paine's confirmation vote?

James Carriger Paine was confirmed by voice vote on October 4, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Southern District of Florida / Appointed 1979 / Served to 2010

James Carriger Paine

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, James Carriger Paine was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. He earned a law degree from University of Virginia School of Law in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1924–2010
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1979
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Columbia Business School 1947 · University of Virginia Law 1950
Succeeded by: Daniel T. K. Hurley

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1979	Southern District of Florida	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	A.A.	1943
Columbia Business School	B.S.	1947
University of Virginia School of Law	LL.B.	1950

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Paine was assigned 2,548 district-court cases (1975–2007). Median time from filing to termination: 243 days across 2,547 closed cases.

Contract26%

Prisoner & habeas18%

Labor & ERISA16%

Civil rights12%

Personal-injury torts7%

Other federal statutes6%

Other15%

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 28 of Paine’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 24 were affirmed, 4 reversed or vacated. 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, Paine authored 111 published opinions for the court (1980–2005). Most cited: Baker v. McDonald's Corp. (34 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
1987	Baker v. McDonald's Corp.	686 F. Supp. 1474	34
1982	United States v. Blanton	534 F. Supp. 295	30
1986	Quinones v. Durkis	638 F. Supp. 856	27
1992	Kingston Square Tenants Ass'n v. Tuskegee Gardens, Ltd.	792 F. Supp. 1566	25
1987	United States v. One (1) 1979 Mercedes 450SE Vehicle Id No. 116032-12-081839 License No. MKS 706	651 F. Supp. 351	24
1992	Joyner v. Monier Roof Tile, Inc.	784 F. Supp. 872	23
1989	Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Pettegrove Truck Service, Inc.	716 F. Supp. 1430	22
1986	Richman v. Zimmer, Inc.	644 F. Supp. 540	22
1986	Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. v. Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd.	645 F. Supp. 37	21
1989	Movie & Video World, Inc. v. Board of County Commissioners	723 F. Supp. 695	20
1982	United States v. Koziy	540 F. Supp. 25	20
1983	United Feature Syndicate, Inc. v. Sunrise Mold Co.	569 F. Supp. 1475	19
1993	Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Electronic Systems, Inc.	813 F. Supp. 802	17
1991	Resort Timeshare Resales, Inc. v. Stuart	764 F. Supp. 1495	16
1989	Scobee Combs Funeral Home, Inc. v. E.F. Hutton & Co.	711 F. Supp. 605	16

Showing the 15 most-cited of 111 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 Carriger Paine?: President Jimmy Carter appointed James Carriger Paine to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida in 1979.
Was James Carriger Paine appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: James Carriger Paine was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was James Carriger Paine's confirmation vote?: James Carriger Paine was confirmed by voice vote on October 4, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was James Carriger Paine on?: James Carriger Paine was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Sources

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