Judicial Service and Scholarly Work
On June 2, 1982, Mentz was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana vacated by Lansing L. Mitchell. Mentz was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 24, 1982, and received his commission the following day. After a decade of active service, he assumed senior status on July 1, 1992, retiring completely from the bench on December 31, 2001.
As a Senior Judge, Mentz served as a Visiting Federal Judge in Boston, New York, San Francisco, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, and Chicago. Mentz received national recognition for his oversight of the Shell Norco Explosion case. As a jurist, Judge Mentz wrote, published, and edited several hundred legal opinions and articles. As an academician and scholar, he edited and published research on the Bible in his book The Combined Gospels, which was published in 1975.
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