Who appointed Marcel Livaudais Jr.?

President Ronald Reagan appointed Marcel Livaudais Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1984.

Was Marcel Livaudais Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Marcel Livaudais Jr. was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Marcel Livaudais Jr.'s confirmation vote?

Marcel Livaudais Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on September 17, 1984. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Louisiana / Appointed 1984 / Served to 2008

Marcel Livaudais Jr.

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana

Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and confirmed by voice vote, Marcel Livaudais Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He earned a law degree from Tulane University Law School in 1949. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1925–2009
Appointed by: Ronald Reagan, 1984
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Tulane 1945 · Tulane Law School 1949
Succeeded: Fred James Cassibry

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1984	Eastern District of Louisiana succeeded Fred James Cassibry	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.	1945
Tulane University Law School	J.D.	1949

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Livaudais was assigned 4,421 district-court cases (1973–2008). Median time from filing to termination: 269 days across 4,421 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts36%

Prisoner & habeas20%

Contract18%

Civil rights8%

Property torts3%

Labor & ERISA3%

Other11%

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, Livaudais authored 58 published opinions for the court (1985–2007). Most cited: Louisiana Power & Light Co v. United Gas Pipe Line Co. (51 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1986	Louisiana Power & Light Co v. United Gas Pipe Line Co.	642 F. Supp. 781	51
1995	Financial Security Assurance, Inc. v. T-H New Orleans Ltd. Partnership (In Re T-H New Orleans Ltd. Partnership)	188 B.R. 799	32
1988	United States v. Ghebreziabher	701 F. Supp. 115	31
1994	Robertson v. Burger King, Inc.	848 F. Supp. 78	29
2001	Lalla v. City of New Orleans	161 F. Supp. 2d 686	22
1986	Federal Sav. and Loan Ins. Corp. v. Hsi	657 F. Supp. 1333	20
1992	Moody v. Jefferson Parish School Board	803 F. Supp. 1158	19
1987	Williams v. Toyota of Jefferson, Inc.	655 F. Supp. 1081	15
1988	United States v. South 23.19 Acres of Land	694 F. Supp. 1252	13
1998	Banos v. Eckerd Corp.	997 F. Supp. 756	12
1993	Lifemark Hospital of Louisiana, Inc. v. Liljeberg Enterprises, Inc. (In Re Liljeberg Enterprises, Inc.)	161 B.R. 21	12
1986	Bonanza International, Inc. v. Restaurant Management Consultants, Inc.	625 F. Supp. 1431	11
1994	Hope Medical Group for Women v. Edwards	860 F. Supp. 1149	10
1994	Tompkins v. Lowe's Home Center, Inc.	847 F. Supp. 462	9
1991	Turley v. Co-Mar Offshore Marine Corp.	766 F. Supp. 501	7

Showing the 15 most-cited of 58 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 Marcel Livaudais Jr.?: President Ronald Reagan appointed Marcel Livaudais Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1984.
Was Marcel Livaudais Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Marcel Livaudais Jr. was appointed by President Ronald Reagan, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Marcel Livaudais Jr.'s confirmation vote?: Marcel Livaudais Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on September 17, 1984. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Marcel Livaudais Jr. on?: Marcel Livaudais Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Sources

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24 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).