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Hillary Crain

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit · Appointed 1995

Biography pending scraper ingestion.

Judicial record

1412 opinions where Hillary Crain sat on the panel, spanning 1972–2025.

35 Majority authored
1377 Joined majority

By court

  • La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1086
  • La. 325
  • La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 1

By disposition

  • Affirmed 307
  • Other 186
  • Reversed 137
  • Mixed 72
  • Dismissed 25
  • Remanded 21
  • Denied 13
  • Granted 12
  • Vacated 9
  • Modified 2

Panel votes per year

How Hillary Crain's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Walter I. Lanier III for comparison (drop the overlay).

0 60 120 180 240 300 1972 1982 1992 2002 2012 2022 2026 1972: 2 votes — Hillary Crain 1973: 44 votes — Hillary Crain 1974: 25 votes — Hillary Crain 1983: 99 votes — Hillary Crain 1984: 91 votes — Hillary Crain 1985: 76 votes — Hillary Crain 1986: 70 votes — Hillary Crain 1987: 54 votes — Hillary Crain 1988: 72 votes — Hillary Crain 1989: 54 votes — Hillary Crain 1990: 51 votes — Hillary Crain 1991: 75 votes — Hillary Crain 1992: 73 votes — Hillary Crain 1993: 58 votes — Hillary Crain 1994: 61 votes — Hillary Crain 1995: 36 votes — Hillary Crain 1996: 34 votes — Hillary Crain 2011: 1 vote — Hillary Crain 2012: 1 vote — Hillary Crain 2013: 1 vote — Hillary Crain 2016: 2 votes — Hillary Crain 2017: 1 vote — Hillary Crain 2019: 106 votes — Hillary Crain 2020: 35 votes — Hillary Crain 2021: 42 votes — Hillary Crain 2022: 47 votes — Hillary Crain 2023: 55 votes — Hillary Crain 2024: 61 votes — Hillary Crain 2025: 85 votes — Hillary Crain 1982: 57 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1983: 120 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1984: 101 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1985: 92 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1986: 74 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1987: 59 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1988: 73 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1989: 74 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1990: 49 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1991: 77 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1992: 55 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2001: 4 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2002: 46 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2003: 3 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2004: 1 vote — Walter I. Lanier III 2019: 181 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2020: 212 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2021: 152 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2022: 151 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2023: 147 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2024: 150 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2025: 142 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2026: 64 votes — Walter I. Lanier III
  • Hillary Crain
  • 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).

Recent opinions

15 most recent opinions where Hillary Crain sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
2025-C-00857 La. 2025-12-23 Writ application granted. Michael Munson, Individually And On Behalf Of His Minor Child, Ethan Munson, An…
2025-C-00855 La. 2025-12-23 Writ application granted. Michael Munson, Individually And On Behalf Of His Minor Child, Ethan Munson, An…
2025-KK-00688 La. 2025-12-18 Affirmed. Dwayne Williams v. State of Louisiana
2025-CC-00171 La. 2025-12-18 Affirmed and remanded. Lealon Johnson v. Aecom Amentum Government Services
2025-K-00735 La. 2025-12-16 Writ application granted. State Of Louisiana v. Michael R. Shorts, Jr.
2025-K-00718 La. 2025-12-16 Vacated State Of Louisiana v. Johnny Vickers, Jr.
2025-KP-01495 La. 2025-12-12 Writ application granted. Keith Ezidore v. Timothy Hooper, Warden
2025-O-01127 La. 2025-12-11 — In Re: Judge Tiffany Foxworth-Roberts
2025-O-00994 La. 2025-12-11 — In Re: Judge Royale Colbert
2024-K-01588 La. 2025-12-11 Reversed. State of Louisiana v. Gerald Manchip White
2025-KK-00944 La. 2025-12-09 Writ granted; court of appeal reversed State Of Louisiana v. Easton Deondre Shelvin, Jr.
2025-C-00836 La. 2025-12-09 Vacated; trial court judgment reinstated Darnelle Bordelon Arceneaux v. Bryan David Arceneaux C/w Darnelle Bordelon Arce…
2025-B-01293 La. 2025-11-19 — In Re: Christopher Hummel Kane
2025-C-01057 La. 2025-11-19 Affirmed Darcy Driver, Deann Driver And Danielle Driver-roussel, Individually And On Beh…
2025-KH-00734 La. 2025-11-19 Writ application granted. State Of Louisiana v. Harry James Dugas