Thomas E. Stagg Jr.
Appointed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1974 and confirmed by voice vote, Thomas E. Stagg Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. He earned a law degree from Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center) in 1949. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1923–2015
- Appointed by
- Richard M. Nixon, 1974
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Louisiana State 1943 · Louisiana State Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center) 1949
- Succeeded
- Benjamin Cornwell Dawkins Jr.
- Succeeded by
- Tucker L. Melancon
Federal judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Western District of Louisiana succeeded Benjamin Cornwell Dawkins Jr. | Nixon (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
| Louisiana State University | B.A. | 1943 |
| Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center) | LL.B. | 1949 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Stagg was assigned 5,328 district-court cases (1977–2015). Median time from filing to termination: 265 days across 5,326 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 93 of Stagg’s decisions reviewed on the merits by the U.S. courts of appeals in our data, 85 were affirmed, 5 reversed or vacated, and 3 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, Stagg authored 110 published opinions for the court (1974–2010). Most cited: Homer National Bank v. Namie (39 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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 | Homer National Bank v. Namie | 96 B.R. 652 | 39 |
| 1982 | McMurry v. Phelps | 533 F. Supp. 742 | 31 |
| 1987 | Rasmussen v. Metropolitan Life Insurance | 675 F. Supp. 1497 | 28 |
| 1977 | Stevenson v. International Paper Co. | 432 F. Supp. 390 | 25 |
| 1976 | Johnson v. Shreveport Garment Co. | 422 F. Supp. 526 | 24 |
| 1984 | Smith v. Dooley | 591 F. Supp. 1157 | 22 |
| 1988 | Joslyn Corporation v. TL James & Co., Inc. | 696 F. Supp. 222 | 18 |
| 1980 | Crawford v. Roadway Express, Inc. | 485 F. Supp. 914 | 18 |
| 1980 | Poland v. Beaird-Poulan | 483 F. Supp. 1256 | 18 |
| 1976 | Louisiana Education Ass'n v. Richland Parish School Board | 421 F. Supp. 973 | 17 |
| 1995 | Sims v. Brown & Root Industrial Services, Inc. | 889 F. Supp. 920 | 16 |
| 1979 | Lee v. Hunt | 483 F. Supp. 826 | 16 |
| 1976 | Sinclair v. Beacon Gasoline Co. | 447 F. Supp. 5 | 16 |
| 1975 | Rutledge v. City of Shreveport | 387 F. Supp. 1277 | 16 |
| 1980 | KSLA-TV, INC. v. Radio Corp. of America | 501 F. Supp. 891 | 15 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 110 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 Thomas E. Stagg Jr.?
- President Richard M. Nixon appointed Thomas E. Stagg Jr. to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in 1974.
- Was Thomas E. Stagg Jr. appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Thomas E. Stagg Jr. was appointed by President Richard M. Nixon, a Republican. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Thomas E. Stagg Jr.'s confirmation vote?
- Thomas E. Stagg Jr. was confirmed by voice vote on March 7, 1974. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Thomas E. Stagg Jr. on?
- Thomas E. Stagg Jr. was a Judge on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.
Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- FJC Biographical Directory
- Wikidata
- Portrait: United States Government (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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41 years on the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. Data as of 2026-08-10. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).