Tucker Melancon
| Tucker Melancon | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Position: | Seat #1 |
| Station: | Lafayette, LA |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Bill Clinton |
| Active: | 02/11/1994 - 02/13/2009 |
| Senior: | 02/14/2009 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Tom Stagg |
| Succeeded by: | Elizabeth Erny Foote |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1946 |
| Home State: | Bryan, TX |
| Bachelors: | Louisiana State U., B.S., 1968 |
| Law School: | Tulane Law, J.D., 1973 |
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Tucker L. Melancon is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana. He joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. He is serving on senior status.
Early life and education
A native of Texas, Melancon graduated from Louisiana State University with his Bachelor's Degree in 1968 and later graduated from Tulane Law School with his law degree in 1973. [1]
Professioanl career
Melancon spent his entire pre-judicial legal career as a private practice attorney licensed in the State of Louisiana from 1973 to 1993. [1]
Judicial career
Western District of Louisiana
On the unanimous recommendation of Louisiana U.S. Senators John Breaux and Bennett Johnston, Melancon was nominated by President Bill Clinton on November 18, 1993 to a seat vacated by Tom Stagg. Melancon was Confirmed by the U.S. Senate on February 10, 1994 on a Senate vote and received commission on February 11, 1994. Melancon assumed senior status on February 14, 2009. [1] Melancon was succeeded in this position by Elizabeth Erny Foote.
Notable cases
A notable case on this page needs to be updated.
Judge Melancon is presiding over a case which involves an attorney seeking legal fees of $700 an hour for the 14,136.5 hours he says he worked on a desegregation lawsuit he filed in 1965 against the St. Landry Parish School District. The case finally came to an end in March of 2011, with the school district being required to continue several desegregation initiatives. Marion Overton White, the attorney who originally filed the lawsuit, came to Judge Melancon in May seeking compensation for his work on the case. Though he is legally entitled to collect fees, the school distrcit contend that the amount is too much and has asked the judge to dismiss the case.[2]
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Tom Stagg |
Western District of Louisiana 1994–2009 Seat #1 |
Succeeded by: Elizabeth Erny Foote |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Dee Drell • Patricia Minaldi • Richard Haik • Rebecca Doherty • Maurice Hicks • Robert James • Elizabeth Erny Foote | ||
| Senior judges |
Tucker Melancon • Tom Stagg • Donald Walter • James Trimble • | ||
| Magistrate judges | James Kirk • C. Michael Hill • Kathleen Kay • Karen Hayes • Mark Hornsby • Patrick Hanna • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
John Dick • Thomas Bolling Robertson • Samuel Hadden Harper • Philip Kissick Lawrence • Theodore Howard McCaleb • Henry Boyce • Alexander Boarman • John Duhe • Eugene Davis • George Whitfield Jack • Gaston Porterie • Benjamin Dawkins, Jr. • Benjamin Dawkins, Sr. • Edwin Hunter • F.A. Little • Richard Putnam • Nauman Scott • John Shaw • Earl Veron • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Richard Haik • Tom Stagg • Benjamin Dawkins, Jr. • Benjamin Dawkins, Sr. • Edwin Hunter • F.A. Little • Nauman Scott • John Shaw • | ||
