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Lear

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit

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Judicial record

335 opinions where Lear sat on the panel, spanning 1966–1983.

335 Joined majority

By court

  • La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 302
  • La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 33

By disposition

  • Affirmed 152
  • Reversed 35
  • Mixed 16
  • Other 10
  • Dismissed 9
  • Denied 3
  • Remanded 3
  • Vacated 2

Panel votes per year

How Lear'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 1966 1976 1986 1996 2006 2016 2026 1966: 10 votes — Lear 1967: 8 votes — Lear 1968: 25 votes — Lear 1969: 1 vote — Lear 1979: 30 votes — Lear 1980: 83 votes — Lear 1981: 84 votes — Lear 1982: 83 votes — Lear 1983: 11 votes — Lear 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
  • Lear
  • 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 Lear sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
82 CA 0255 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1983-05-17 Affirmed Duvernay v. ST. THROUGH DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY
82 CA 0240 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1983-05-17 — STATE, DEPT. OF TRANSP. & DEVELOPMENT v. Tynes
82 CA 0075 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1983-05-17 Reversed Bowman v. Coursey
82 CA 0070 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1983-05-17 Reversed and remanded West v. Louisiana Dept. of Public Safety
82 CA 0085 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1983-04-13 — Gaudet v. Louisiana Dept. of Highways
82-CA-0207 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1983-04-05 — Save Our Selves v. LA. ENVIR. CONTROL COM'N
82 CA 0247 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1983-04-05 — Bethard v. State, Through Bd. of Trustees
82 CA 0261 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1983-03-08 Amended Prevost v. Cowan
15057 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1983-02-22 — Carter's Ins. Agency, Inc. v. Franklin
82 CA 0072 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1983-02-22 Affirmed In Re Ponchatalawa, Inc.
82 CA 0284 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1983-01-05 — Ragland v. Viator
82 CA 0237 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1982-12-21 — McClelland v. Security Indus. Ins. Co.
82 CA 0069 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1982-12-21 Affirmed Jackson v. Spurlock
82 CA 0243 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1982-12-21 Affirmed Durbin v. Durbin
82 CA 0260 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1982-12-21 Amended Chisholm v. LS Womack, Inc.