Veronica DiCarlo Wicker
Appointed by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 and confirmed by voice vote, Veronica DiCarlo Wicker was 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 1966. Rulings & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Lived
- 1930–1994
- Appointed by
- Jimmy Carter, 1979
- Confirmed
- by voice vote
- Education
- Syracuse 1952 · Loyola New Orleans Law 1966
- Succeeded by
- Ivan L. R. Lemelle
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
| Syracuse University | B.F.A. | 1952 |
| Loyola University New Orleans School of Law | LL.B. | 1966 |
Judicial Record
Caseload & case types
In our data, Wicker was assigned 1,618 district-court cases (1980–1993). Median time from filing to termination: 205 days across 1,617 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, Wicker authored 21 published opinions for the court (1980–1993). Most cited: Acorn v. City of New Orleans (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A selective record from published opinions in the CourtListener corpus, not every ruling; most unpublished district orders are not included.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Acorn v. City of New Orleans | 606 F. Supp. 16 | 21 |
| 1992 | Federal Deposit Ins. Corp. v. Schoenberger | 781 F. Supp. 1155 | 14 |
| 1987 | Barq's Inc. v. Barq's Beverages, Inc. | 677 F. Supp. 449 | 12 |
| 1984 | Nesom v. Chevron U.S.A., Inc. | 633 F. Supp. 55 | 10 |
| 1992 | New Orleans Electrical Pension Fund v. Newman | 784 F. Supp. 1233 | 9 |
| 1991 | Sims v. Monumental General Life Insurance | 778 F. Supp. 325 | 9 |
| 1988 | Natural Gas Pipeline Co. of America v. Odom Offshore Surveys, Inc. | 697 F. Supp. 921 | 9 |
| 1993 | In Re Aucoin | 150 B.R. 644 | 6 |
| 1991 | MORTG. MKT., INC. v. FDIC for Bankers Trust | 780 F. Supp. 406 | 6 |
| 1991 | Vu v. Meese | 755 F. Supp. 1375 | 6 |
| 1989 | Clement v. Marathon Oil Co. | 724 F. Supp. 431 | 6 |
| 1988 | Wood v. United States | 693 F. Supp. 452 | 5 |
| 1984 | Cox Cable New Orleans, Inc. v. City of New Orleans | 594 F. Supp. 1452 | 3 |
| 1985 | Hope v. United States | 617 F. Supp. 439 | 2 |
| 1983 | United States v. Strmel | 574 F. Supp. 793 | 2 |
Showing the 15 most-cited of 21 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 Veronica DiCarlo Wicker?
- President Jimmy Carter appointed Veronica DiCarlo Wicker to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in 1979.
- Was Veronica DiCarlo Wicker appointed by a Democrat or a Republican?
- Veronica DiCarlo Wicker was appointed by President Jimmy Carter, a Democrat. JudicialFinder records the appointing president's party, not a judge's own politics.
- What was Veronica DiCarlo Wicker's confirmation vote?
- Veronica DiCarlo Wicker was confirmed by voice vote on September 25, 1979. No senator-by-senator tally was recorded.
- Which court was Veronica DiCarlo Wicker on?
- Veronica DiCarlo Wicker 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 Government (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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15 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).