John Victor Parker (October 14, 1928 – July 14, 2014) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana.
John Victor Parker
Louisiana Middle District Court
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana
Born 1928 in Baton Rouge, LA
Died 2014 in Baton Rouge, LA
FJC ID: 1839
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 34/year
Louisiana Middle District Court · 1979–2014
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.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Baton Rouge, Louisiana1954–1979
- East Baton Rouge Parish, LouisianaAssistant parish attorney · 1956–1966
U.S. Army Reserve1954–1964- U.S. Army1952–1954
Appointments
1979–2014 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Louisiana State University Law School (now Paul M. Hebert Law Center)J.D. · 1952
- Louisiana State UniversityB.A. · 1949