Judge Currently Seated

Kelly Balfour

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit

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Judicial record

139 opinions where Kelly Balfour sat on the panel, spanning 2025–2026.

1 Majority authored
138 Joined majority

By court

  • La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 139

By disposition

  • Other 107
  • Mixed 4
  • Affirmed 2
  • Vacated 2
  • Remanded 1
  • Reversed 1

Panel votes per year

How Kelly Balfour's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Hunter Greene for comparison (drop the overlay).

0 35 70 105 140 175 2023 2024 2025 2026 2025: 117 votes — Kelly Balfour 2026: 22 votes — Kelly Balfour 2023: 68 votes — Hunter Greene 2024: 155 votes — Hunter Greene 2025: 31 votes — Hunter Greene 2026: 43 votes — Hunter Greene
  • Kelly Balfour
  • Hunter Greene

Most-frequent co-panelists

Judges who appeared on the same opinions. aligned = same bucket (both majority, both dissent); partial = concurred in result but wrote separately; split = the meaningful disagreement (majority vs dissent).

Recent opinions

15 most recent opinions where Kelly Balfour sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
2026 CW 0833 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-10-05 Writ denied Steven Skipper v. Parish of Lafourche, State of Louisiana through the Departmen…
2026 KW 0858 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-10-05 Writ denied as moot State Of Louisiana v. Leonard Lewis
2026 KW 0910 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-10-05 Writ granted State Of Louisiana v. Ralph Jermaine Carr
2026 CW 0750 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-10-05 Writ not considered Amber Hardy v. SASR Workforce Solutions, LLC
2026 CW 1022 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-10-05 Writ denied Steven Trotter and Siobhan Trotter v. Ryan Laurent
2026 KW 1082 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-10-05 Writ not considered State Of Louisiana v. James Covington
2026 KW 0923 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-10-05 Writ denied State Of Louisiana v. Clarence Dudley
2026 KW 1087 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-10-05 — State Of Louisiana v. Glenn Mills
2026 KW 1123 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-10-05 Writ denied as moot State Of Louisiana v. Dustin Rupple
2026 CW 0726 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-10-05 Writ denied Brian Fabre and Leighann Fabre v. Thaddeus Plummer and GoAuto Insurance Company
2026 CW 0746 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-10-05 — Erin Carter v. Susan Courtney and Kayla Lamonte
2026 CW 1297 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-10-02 Stay denied; writ denied Jack Pyburn v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
2026 CW 0980 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-10-01 — In the Matter of The Succession of John Burgin Tessier
2026 KW 1221 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-09-22 Stay denied State Of Louisiana v. Shirley Addison
2026 CW 1231 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-09-22 Writ granted Joel Gangi d_b_a Gangi, Inc. v. Star Transport Logistics, Inc.