Who appointed Peter Hill Beer?

President Jimmy Carter appointed Peter Hill Beer to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1979.

Was Peter Hill Beer appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?

Peter Hill Beer was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.

What was Peter Hill Beer's confirmation vote?

Peter Hill Beer was confirmed by voice vote on November 26, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.

Eastern District of Louisiana / Appointed 1979 / Served to 2018

Peter Hill Beer

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

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Peter Hill Beer 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 1952. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1928–2018
Appointed by: Jimmy Carter, 1979
Confirmed: by voice vote
Education: Tulane 1949 · Tulane Law School 1952
Succeeded by: Mary Ann Vial Lemmon

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

Tulane University	B.B.A.	1949
Tulane University Law School	LL.B.	1952

Judicial Record

Caseload & case types

In our data, Beer was assigned 3,097 district-court cases (1983–2009). Median time from filing to termination: 247 days across 3,097 closed cases.

Personal-injury torts31%

Prisoner & habeas23%

Contract23%

Civil rights7%

Property torts3%

Labor & ERISA2%

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.

On appeal

Of 15 of Beer’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 15 were affirmed, 0 reversed or vacated. 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, Beer authored 52 published opinions for the court (1980–1994). Most cited: TGX Corp. v. Simmons (28 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
1992	TGX Corp. v. Simmons	786 F. Supp. 587	28
1981	Louisiana Ex Rel. Guste v. the M/V Testbank	524 F. Supp. 1170	27
1988	East Jefferson Coalition for Leadership & Development v. Parish of Jefferson	691 F. Supp. 991	19
1989	Community Coffee Co., Inc. v. M/S Kriti Amethyst	715 F. Supp. 772	16
1990	Kidder v. H & B MARINE, INC.	734 F. Supp. 724	14
1983	New Orleans Steamboat Co. v. M/T HELLESPONT GLORY	562 F. Supp. 391	9
1980	Brawner v. Kaufman	496 F. Supp. 961	9
1985	Dow Chemical Co. v. American Cyanamid Co.	615 F. Supp. 471	8
1983	State of La., Ex Rel. Guste v. M/V TESTBANK	564 F. Supp. 729	8
1989	T & M Dental Lab, Inc. v. First Industrial Bank	714 F. Supp. 798	7
1988	Stevenson v. Point Marine, Inc.	697 F. Supp. 285	6
1984	Graham v. Milky Way Barges, Inc.	590 F. Supp. 721	6
1983	Byrnes v. Orkin Exterminating Co., Inc.	562 F. Supp. 892	6
1994	Brown v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.	852 F. Supp. 8	5
1989	East Jefferson Coalition for Leadership & Development v. Parish of Jefferson	703 F. Supp. 28	5

Showing the 15 most-cited of 52 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 Peter Hill Beer?: President Jimmy Carter appointed Peter Hill Beer to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1979.
Was Peter Hill Beer appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?: Peter Hill Beer was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
What was Peter Hill Beer's confirmation vote?: Peter Hill Beer was confirmed by voice vote on November 26, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
Which court was Peter Hill Beer on?: Peter Hill Beer was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.

Sources

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38 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).