John Victor Parker
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, John Victor Parker was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. He earned a law degree from Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center) in 1952. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1928–2014
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Louisiana State 1949 · Louisiana State Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center) 1952
- Succeeded by
- James J. Brady
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Middle 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
| Louisiana State University | B.A. | 1949 |
| Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center) | J.D. | 1952 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Parker was assigned 4,458 district-court cases (1965–2010). Median time from filing to termination: 175 days across 4,458 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.
On appeal
Of 61 of Parker’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 54 were affirmed, 3 reversed or vacated, and 4 affirmed in part and reversed in part. 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, Parker authored 202 published opinions for the court (1979–2008). Most cited: State of La. v. Sprint Communications Co. (35 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | State of La. v. Sprint Communications Co. | 899 F. Supp. 282 | 35 |
| 1986 | Edwards v. Bardwell | 632 F. Supp. 584 | 31 |
| 1992 | Garza v. National American Insurance | 807 F. Supp. 1256 | 30 |
| 1996 | Ducrest v. Alco Collections, Inc. | 931 F. Supp. 459 | 26 |
| 1996 | Resure, Inc. v. Chemical Distributors, Inc. | 927 F. Supp. 190 | 26 |
| 1992 | Texaco Inc. v. Louisiana Land and Exploration Co. | 136 B.R. 658 | 25 |
| 2002 | Langley v. Pinkerton's Inc. | 220 F. Supp. 2d 575 | 24 |
| 1988 | Aydell v. Sterns | 677 F. Supp. 877 | 22 |
| 1980 | United Association of Journeymen & Apprentices of the Plumbing & Pipefitting Industry of the United States & Canada Local 198 v. Myers | 488 F. Supp. 704 | 21 |
| 1980 | Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Louisiana Tax Commission | 498 F. Supp. 418 | 18 |
| 1988 | Clark v. Edwards | 725 F. Supp. 285 | 17 |
| 1999 | Advocacy Center v. Stalder | 128 F. Supp. 2d 358 | 16 |
| 1995 | Bourque v. Nan Ya Plastics Corp., America | 906 F. Supp. 348 | 16 |
| 1991 | Clark v. Roemer | 777 F. Supp. 471 | 16 |
| 1985 | Clarkco Contractors, Inc. v. Texas Eastern Gas Pipeline Co. | 615 F. Supp. 775 | 15 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 202 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 John Victor Parker?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed John Victor Parker to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana in 1979.
- Was John Victor Parker appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- John Victor Parker was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was John Victor Parker's confirmation vote?
- John Victor Parker was confirmed by voice vote on September 25, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was John Victor Parker on?
- John Victor Parker was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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34 years on the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).