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Gene Carter

Gene Carter

Maine District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the District of Maine

Born 1935 in Milbridge, ME

Died 2021

FJC ID: 389

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 6/year

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980–1983Maine District Court · 1983–202119801990200020102020202260
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 23/year

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980–1983Maine District Court · 1983–2021198019902000201020202022230
citing decisions

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1980–1983Maine District Court · 1983–2021

Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.

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Gene Carter (November 1, 1935 – November 17, 2021) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Maine Supreme Judicial Court
    Associate justice · 1980–1983
  2. Private practice, Bangor, Maine
    1965–1980
  3. JAG Corps
    JAG Corps
    U.S. Army Reserve captain · 1962–1968
  4. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
    Law clerk , Hon. J. Spencer Bell · 1961–1962

Appointments

  1. Maine District Court
    U.S. District Court for the District of MaineChief Judge
    1983–2021 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
    Term ended: Death
  2. Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
    Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
    1980–1983
    Term ended: resign

Education

  1. University of Maine
    ba
  2. New York University
    jd
  3. New York University School of Law
    New York University School of Law
    LL.B. · 1961
  4. University of Maine
    B.A. · 1958