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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 Whipple for comparison (drop the overlay).

Hillary Crain
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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).

Walter I. Lanier III 285 shared 285 aligned compare
Shortess 268 shared 268 aligned compare
Lottinger 229 shared 229 aligned compare
J Louis Watkins jr 221 shared 221 aligned compare
Savoie 189 shared 189 aligned compare
Alford 145 shared 145 aligned compare
Jay B. McCallum 130 shared 130 aligned compare
Whipple 118 shared 118 aligned compare
John L. Weimer 117 shared 117 aligned compare
John Michael Guidry 114 shared 114 aligned compare

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