Lansing Leroy Mitchell
Appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966 and confirmed by voice vote, Lansing Leroy Mitchell 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 1937. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1914–2001
- Appointed by
- Lyndon B. Johnson, 1966
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Louisiana State 1934 · Louisiana State Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center) 1937
- Succeeded by
- Henry Alvan Mentz Jr.
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Eastern District of Louisiana | 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
| Louisiana State University | B.A. | 1934 |
| Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center) | LL.B. | 1937 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Mitchell was assigned 229 district-court cases (1977–2000). Median time from filing to termination: 306 days across 229 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, Mitchell authored 21 published opinions for the court (1968–2000). Most cited: Dow Chemical Company v. Tug Thomas Allen (29 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Dow Chemical Company v. Tug Thomas Allen | 349 F. Supp. 1354 | 29 |
| 1970 | United States v. Brown | 317 F. Supp. 531 | 22 |
| 1981 | Hyde v. Jefferson Parish Hospital District No. 2 | 513 F. Supp. 532 | 18 |
| 1970 | Boutte v. Chevron Oil Co. | 316 F. Supp. 524 | 16 |
| 1977 | Carroll v. Exxon Co., USA | 434 F. Supp. 557 | 14 |
| 1973 | Elston v. Shell Oil Company | 376 F. Supp. 968 | 14 |
| 1988 | Bohn v. Sentry Insurance | 681 F. Supp. 357 | 13 |
| 1976 | Compania De Navigacion Porto Ronco, S. A. v. S/S American Oriole | 474 F. Supp. 22 | 11 |
| 1976 | B. Rosenberg & Sons, Inc. v. St. James Sugar Cooperative, Inc. | 447 F. Supp. 1 | 11 |
| 1968 | Chitty v. M/V VALLEY VOYAGER | 284 F. Supp. 297 | 9 |
| 1968 | Nuccio v. Royal Indemnity Company | 280 F. Supp. 468 | 9 |
| 1980 | Creppel v. United States Army Corps of Engineers | 500 F. Supp. 1108 | 8 |
| 1971 | Cochran v. Ortho Pharmaceutical Company | 376 F. Supp. 302 | 8 |
| 1971 | Gulf Oil Corporation v. Tug Gulf Explorer | 337 F. Supp. 709 | 8 |
| 1969 | Chevron Oil Company v. M/V NEW YORKER | 297 F. Supp. 412 | 8 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 21 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 Lansing Leroy Mitchell?
- President Lyndon B. Johnson appointed Lansing Leroy Mitchell to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1966.
- Was Lansing Leroy Mitchell appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Lansing Leroy Mitchell was appointed by President Lyndon B. Johnson, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Lansing Leroy Mitchell's confirmation vote?
- Lansing Leroy Mitchell was confirmed by voice vote on October 20, 1966. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Lansing Leroy Mitchell on?
- Lansing Leroy Mitchell 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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34 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).