Mary Ann Vial Lemmon
Appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1996 and confirmed by voice vote, Mary Ann Vial Lemmon is a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. She earned a law degree from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law in 1964. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1941 · age 85
- Appointed by
- William J. Clinton, 1996
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Loyola New Orleans Law 1964
- Succeeded
- Peter Hill Beer
- Succeeded by
- Jane Margaret Triche Milazzo
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Eastern District of Louisiana succeeded Peter Hill Beer | Clinton (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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Lemmon was assigned 5,187 district-court cases (1971–2025). Median time from filing to termination: 259 days across 5,178 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 170 of Lemmon’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 132 were affirmed, 20 reversed or vacated, and 18 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, Lemmon authored 67 published opinions for the court (1998–2011). Most cited: Porche v. St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office (21 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Porche v. St. Tammany Parish Sheriff's Office | 67 F. Supp. 2d 631 | 21 |
| 2006 | Board of Supervisors of La. State v. Smack Apparel Co. | 438 F. Supp. 2d 653 | 11 |
| 1998 | Tessier v. Moffatt | 93 F. Supp. 2d 729 | 10 |
| 2004 | Jones v. Continental Cuisine, Inc. | 353 F. Supp. 2d 716 | 9 |
| 2004 | Brown v. Protective Life Insurance | 353 F. Supp. 2d 739 | 8 |
| 2000 | Johnson v. Tennessee Gas Pipeline Co. | 99 F. Supp. 2d 755 | 7 |
| 2005 | Nigro v. St. Tammany Parish Hospital | 377 F. Supp. 2d 595 | 6 |
| 2005 | Xcaliber International Ltd. v. Ieyoub | 377 F. Supp. 2d 567 | 5 |
| 1999 | Louisiana v. Braselman Corp. | 78 F. Supp. 2d 543 | 5 |
| 1998 | Bodden v. Union Oil Co. of Cal. | 82 F. Supp. 2d 584 | 5 |
| 2010 | Tectrans, Inc. v. New Orleans Aviation Board | 695 F. Supp. 2d 313 | 4 |
| 2008 | Board of Supervisors of the Louisiana State University v. Smack Apparel Co. | 574 F. Supp. 2d 601 | 4 |
| 2006 | Dillard University v. Lexington Insurance | 466 F. Supp. 2d 723 | 4 |
| 2006 | Tujague v. Atmos Energy Corp. | 442 F. Supp. 2d 321 | 4 |
| 2006 | Broussard v. Stolt Offshore, Inc. | 467 F. Supp. 2d 668 | 4 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 67 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 Mary Ann Vial Lemmon?
- President William J. Clinton appointed Mary Ann Vial Lemmon to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1996.
- Was Mary Ann Vial Lemmon appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Mary Ann Vial Lemmon was appointed by President William J. Clinton, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Mary Ann Vial Lemmon's confirmation vote?
- Mary Ann Vial Lemmon was confirmed by voice vote on July 10, 1996. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court is Mary Ann Vial Lemmon on?
- Mary Ann Vial Lemmon is 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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30 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).