Patrick Eugene Carr
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Patrick Eugene Carr was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He earned a law degree from Loyola University New Orleans School of Law in 1950. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1922–1998
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Loyola New Orleans Law 1950
- Succeeded by
- Helen Ginger Berrigan
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Eastern 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
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Carr was assigned 2,082 district-court cases (1980–1998). Median time from filing to termination: 204 days across 2,080 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, Carr authored 36 published opinions for the court (1982–1994). Most cited: Pillsbury Co. v. Midland Enterprises, Inc. (27 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Pillsbury Co. v. Midland Enterprises, Inc. | 715 F. Supp. 738 | 27 |
| 1994 | United States v. Morvant | 843 F. Supp. 1092 | 24 |
| 1989 | Neal v. Barisich, Inc. | 707 F. Supp. 862 | 20 |
| 1991 | Resolution Trust Corp. v. International Insurance | 770 F. Supp. 300 | 14 |
| 1989 | Leckelt v. Board of Commissioners of Hospital District No. 1 | 714 F. Supp. 1377 | 12 |
| 1986 | Owl Construction Co. v. Ronald Adams Contractor, Inc. | 642 F. Supp. 475 | 12 |
| 1987 | Johnson v. Odeco Oil & Gas Co., Inc. | 679 F. Supp. 604 | 11 |
| 1989 | Keaty & Keaty v. Loyola Associates (In Re Stalter & Co.) | 99 B.R. 327 | 9 |
| 1991 | Oreman Sales, Inc. v. Matsushita Electric Corp. | 768 F. Supp. 1174 | 8 |
| 1988 | State of La. Ex Rel. Guste v. Verity | 681 F. Supp. 1178 | 8 |
| 1986 | Hebert v. Outboard Marine Corp. | 638 F. Supp. 1166 | 8 |
| 1994 | In Re Inter Urban Broadcasting of St. Louis, Inc. | 174 B.R. 441 | 7 |
| 1990 | Delaune v. Saint Marine Transportation Co. | 749 F. Supp. 1463 | 7 |
| 1989 | Mintz v. Barthelemy | 722 F. Supp. 273 | 7 |
| 1988 | Bach v. Trident Shipping Co., Inc. | 708 F. Supp. 772 | 7 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 36 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 Patrick Eugene Carr?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Patrick Eugene Carr to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1979.
- Was Patrick Eugene Carr appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Patrick Eugene Carr was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Patrick Eugene Carr's confirmation vote?
- Patrick Eugene Carr was confirmed by voice vote on September 25, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Patrick Eugene Carr on?
- Patrick Eugene Carr 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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18 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).