Who appointed Oliver Jesse Carter?

President Harry S Truman appointed Oliver Jesse Carter to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 1950.

Was Oliver Jesse Carter appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Oliver Jesse Carter was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Oliver Jesse Carter's confirmation vote?

Oliver Jesse Carter was confirmed by voice vote on December 13, 1950. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Northern District of California / Appointed 1950 / Served to 1976

Oliver Jesse Carter

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California

Appointed by President Harry S Truman in 1950 and confirmed by voice vote, Oliver Jesse Carter was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California. He earned a law degree from University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law, San Francisco) in 1935. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1911–1976
Appointed by: Harry S Truman, 1950
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: University of California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law, San Francisco) 1935
Succeeded by: Cecil F. Poole

Federal judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1950	Northern District of California	Truman (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 California Hastings College of the Law (now UC College of the Law, San Francisco)

LL.B.

1935

Judicial Record

In our data, Carter authored 91 published opinions for the court (1951–1976). Most cited: Van Hoomissen v. Xerox Corporation (97 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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
1973	Van Hoomissen v. Xerox Corporation	368 F. Supp. 829	97
1953	Sunbeam Corp. v. Payless Drug Stores	113 F. Supp. 31	40
1953	Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. Fibreboard Products, Inc.	116 F. Supp. 377	39
1952	United States v. Yee Ngee How	105 F. Supp. 517	36
1975	Happy Investment Group v. Lakeworld Properties, Inc.	396 F. Supp. 175	32
1968	Hancock Brothers, Inc. v. Jones	293 F. Supp. 1229	30
1955	McCollum v. Mayfield	130 F. Supp. 112	29
1954	Guy F. Atkinson Co. v. Merritt, Chapman, & Scott Corp.	126 F. Supp. 406	25
1962	Bal Theatre Corp. v. Paramount Film Distributing Corp.	206 F. Supp. 708	24
1973	Allen v. Nelson	354 F. Supp. 505	22
1971	Sears, Roebuck and Co. v. American President Lines, Ltd.	345 F. Supp. 395	21
1968	Hall v. Pacific Maritime Association	281 F. Supp. 54	20
1969	Epstein v. Resor	296 F. Supp. 214	19
1975	Bray v. Safeway Stores, Inc.	392 F. Supp. 851	18
1953	Lee Hong v. Acheson	110 F. Supp. 60	18

Showing the 15 most-cited of 91 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 Oliver Jesse Carter?: President Harry S Truman appointed Oliver Jesse Carter to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in 1950.
Was Oliver Jesse Carter appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Oliver Jesse Carter was appointed by President Harry S Truman, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Oliver Jesse Carter's confirmation vote?: Oliver Jesse Carter was confirmed by voice vote on December 13, 1950. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Oliver Jesse Carter on?: Oliver Jesse Carter was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.

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