Judge
Currently Seated
Kelly Balfour
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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
By disposition
Panel votes per year
How Kelly Balfour's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Walter I. Lanier III for comparison (drop the overlay).
- Kelly Balfour
- Walter I. Lanier III
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).
- Mitchell R. Theriot 79 shared 79 aligned compare
- Allison H. Penzato 74 shared 74 aligned compare
- Blair D. Edwards 34 shared 34 aligned compare
- Christopher Hester 30 shared 30 aligned compare
- Tess P. Stromberg 23 shared 23 aligned compare
- Elizabeth P. Wolfe 20 shared 20 aligned compare
- Page McClendon 7 shared 7 aligned compare
- Walter I. Lanier III 7 shared 7 aligned compare
- Steven Miller 3 shared 3 aligned compare
- Hunter Greene 2 shared 2 aligned compare
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. |