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Luther F. Cole

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit · Appointed 1979

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Judicial record

704 opinions where Luther F. Cole sat on the panel, spanning 1858–1992.

1 Majority authored
700 Joined majority
3 Dissents

By court

  • La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 666
  • La. 37
  • La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1

By disposition

  • Affirmed 259
  • Reversed 46
  • Mixed 41
  • Denied 27
  • Other 21
  • Remanded 13
  • Dismissed 8
  • Granted 6
  • Vacated 2
  • Modified 1

Panel votes per year

How Luther F. Cole's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Hillary Crain for comparison (drop the overlay).

0 25 50 75 100 125 1858 1868 1878 1888 1898 1908 1918 1928 1938 1948 1958 1968 1978 1988 1998 2008 2018 2025 1858: 1 vote — Luther F. Cole 1972: 4 votes — Luther F. Cole 1976: 16 votes — Luther F. Cole 1977: 62 votes — Luther F. Cole 1978: 1 vote — Luther F. Cole 1979: 31 votes — Luther F. Cole 1980: 84 votes — Luther F. Cole 1981: 70 votes — Luther F. Cole 1982: 85 votes — Luther F. Cole 1983: 112 votes — Luther F. Cole 1984: 96 votes — Luther F. Cole 1985: 83 votes — Luther F. Cole 1986: 24 votes — Luther F. Cole 1987: 8 votes — Luther F. Cole 1988: 4 votes — Luther F. Cole 1989: 8 votes — Luther F. Cole 1990: 8 votes — Luther F. Cole 1991: 4 votes — Luther F. Cole 1992: 3 votes — Luther F. Cole 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
  • Luther F. Cole
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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).

Recent opinions

15 most recent opinions where Luther F. Cole sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
No. 92-CC-1521 La. 1992-09-18 Granted Gonzales v. Department of Transportation & Development
91-C-2919 La. 1992-02-14 Denied Sinha v. Dabezies
91-C-2649 La. 1992-01-10 — Tanner v. Fireman's Fund Ins. Companies
91-CC-1436 La. 1991-10-18 Denied Guillory v. Arceneaux
91-C-0799 La. 1991-05-24 Denied Green v. Champion Ins. Co.
91-C-0896 La. 1991-05-24 Denied Turner v. Pointe Coupee Parish School Bd.
90-C-2687 La. 1991-01-18 Denied Miller v. State
90-KK-1776 La. 1990-11-02 Denied State v. Davis
90-C-0739 La. 1990-05-11 — Loyd v. IMC Fertilizer, Inc.
89-K-3004 La. 1990-02-23 Writ denied State v. Coleman
89-C-2967 La. 1990-02-16 Denied Ellis v. Georgia-Pacific Corp.
No. 90-KK-0039 La. 1990-02-16 Denied State v. McGee
90-C-0053 La. 1990-02-16 Denied Hastings v. Southern Nat. Ins. Co.
89-C-2963 La. 1990-02-02 Denied Lajaunie v. CENTRAL LA. ELECTRIC CO. INC.
90-C-0054 La. 1990-01-19 — Lewis v. Taylor