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Higginbotham

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit

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Judicial record

427 opinions where Higginbotham sat on the panel, spanning 2012–2020.

1 Majority authored
426 Joined majority

By court

  • La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 426
  • La. 1

By disposition

  • Other 257
  • Affirmed 34
  • Reversed 13
  • Mixed 11
  • Denied 4
  • Dismissed 3
  • Remanded 3
  • Vacated 3

Panel votes per year

How Higginbotham's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with John Michael Guidry for comparison (drop the overlay).

0 80 160 240 320 400 1998 2003 2008 2013 2018 2023 2026 2012: 1 vote — Higginbotham 2017: 1 vote — Higginbotham 2019: 170 votes — Higginbotham 2020: 255 votes — Higginbotham 1998: 46 votes — John Michael Guidry 1999: 27 votes — John Michael Guidry 2000: 52 votes — John Michael Guidry 2001: 24 votes — John Michael Guidry 2002: 22 votes — John Michael Guidry 2003: 45 votes — John Michael Guidry 2004: 57 votes — John Michael Guidry 2005: 56 votes — John Michael Guidry 2006: 51 votes — John Michael Guidry 2007: 103 votes — John Michael Guidry 2008: 70 votes — John Michael Guidry 2009: 106 votes — John Michael Guidry 2010: 57 votes — John Michael Guidry 2011: 14 votes — John Michael Guidry 2014: 4 votes — John Michael Guidry 2015: 7 votes — John Michael Guidry 2016: 15 votes — John Michael Guidry 2017: 17 votes — John Michael Guidry 2018: 10 votes — John Michael Guidry 2019: 115 votes — John Michael Guidry 2020: 202 votes — John Michael Guidry 2021: 166 votes — John Michael Guidry 2022: 300 votes — John Michael Guidry 2023: 170 votes — John Michael Guidry 2024: 180 votes — John Michael Guidry 2025: 63 votes — John Michael Guidry 2026: 14 votes — John Michael Guidry
  • Higginbotham
  • John Michael Guidry

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 Higginbotham sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
2020KA0259 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2020-12-30 Reversed State Of Louisiana v. Aaron Wayne Bush
2020CW1117 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2020-12-30 Writ denied Betty Matthews v. Nationwide Agribusiness Insurance Company, Woerner Landscape …
2020CW1124 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2020-12-30 Writ granted Yvette David Pacaccio, Individually and as agent for Brendan Joseph David v. St…
2020CW0836 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2020-12-14 Writ granted in part; denied in part Ascension Parish Government and Kenneth Matassa v. Berkley Insurance Company an…
2020CA0040 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2020-12-10 Reversed and remanded Advanced Leveling & Concrete Solutions v. The Lathan Company, Inc.
2020CA0197 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2020-12-10 Reversed and remanded Janice Marks v. William Schultz and Lisa Schultz Individually and William Schul…
2019CA1614 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2020-12-10 Affirmed Donna Bell v. SGS Petroleum Service Corp.
2020CA0222 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2020-12-10 — Janice Marlene Kosak and Janice Ashley Chaisson v. Louisiana Farm Bureau Casual…
2020CW1090 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2020-12-08 Writ denied Alice Garrett v. Department of Children and Family Services, Marlstone Properti…
2020CW0941 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2020-12-07 Writ not considered ARS International, LLC v. Patrick Williams
2020CW0979, 2020CW0103 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2020-12-07 Writ granted Donna Boudreaux, wife of and Curtis Boudreaux v. National Union Fire Insurance …
2020CW0924, 2020CW0943 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2020-12-07 Writ denied Edna Cloninger, Individually and on behalf of the Estate of Thomas Cloninger, a…
2020CW1078 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2020-12-07 Stay denied; writ denied Gustave J. LaBarre, Jr. v. Liberty Insurance Underwriters, Inc. and Barrasso Us…
2020CW0925 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2020-12-07 Writ denied Lynwood Vaughn Jr. v. Cynthia Bercaw, William Harrell Arata, and Ann Gray Arata
2020CW0898 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2020-12-07 Writ denied Pensri Davison v. Carl T. Ross and Safeco Insurance Company of Oregon