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Michael McDonald

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit · Appointed 2003

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Judicial record

740 opinions where Michael McDonald sat on the panel, spanning 1996–2022.

11 Majority authored
729 Joined majority

By court

  • La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 738
  • La. 1
  • La. Ct. App. 2d Cir. 1

By disposition

  • Other 188
  • Affirmed 108
  • Reversed 33
  • Mixed 18
  • Remanded 9
  • Denied 6
  • Dismissed 5
  • Vacated 2
  • Granted 1
  • Modified 1

Panel votes per year

How Michael McDonald's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Jefferson D. Hughes III for comparison (drop the overlay).

0 25 50 75 100 125 1981 1991 2001 2011 2021 2026 1996: 5 votes — Michael McDonald 1997: 3 votes — Michael McDonald 2003: 32 votes — Michael McDonald 2004: 38 votes — Michael McDonald 2005: 34 votes — Michael McDonald 2006: 50 votes — Michael McDonald 2007: 67 votes — Michael McDonald 2008: 91 votes — Michael McDonald 2009: 100 votes — Michael McDonald 2010: 63 votes — Michael McDonald 2011: 12 votes — Michael McDonald 2016: 1 vote — Michael McDonald 2017: 1 vote — Michael McDonald 2019: 48 votes — Michael McDonald 2020: 76 votes — Michael McDonald 2021: 79 votes — Michael McDonald 2022: 40 votes — Michael McDonald 1981: 8 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2005: 28 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2006: 46 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2007: 80 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2008: 66 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2009: 100 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2010: 35 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2011: 14 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2014: 2 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2015: 5 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2016: 17 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2017: 22 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2018: 15 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2019: 14 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2020: 29 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2021: 57 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2022: 63 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2023: 77 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2024: 53 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2025: 94 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III 2026: 8 votes — Jefferson D. Hughes III
  • Michael McDonald
  • Jefferson D. Hughes 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 Michael McDonald sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
2022CW1330 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2022-12-20 Writ granted in part; denied in part Dodson & Hooks, APLC v. The Louisiana Community Development Capital Fund, Inc.
2022CA0159 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2022-11-30 — Andrew Snyder v. The Insurance Company of the State of Pennsylvania and Frederi…
2022KW0505 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2022-08-02 — State Of Louisiana v. Lacal Lucky Wilson
2022CW0457 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2022-06-02 — Olivia Lyn Bean and Treshawn Dardie Davis v. Emily Pounds and Reid Pounds
2022CW0042 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2022-05-20 Writ not considered Fleix Gillespie v. William Gillory, Safeway Transportation, LLC Martin Transpor…
2021CA1362 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2022-04-27 Affirmed Hilda Roberta Maestri Landry and Robert S. Maestri Trust v. The City of Mandevi…
2021CA1365 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2022-04-08 Affirmed Rover Group, Inc. v. Dr. Gary Clark, Jarvis Antwine, Terry Bonnie, Ernest LeBla…
2021KA0870 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2022-04-08 — State Of Louisiana v. Andre D. Coleman
2022KW0066 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2022-03-28 Writ denied State Of Louisiana v. Anthony Lucas
2022KW0056 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2022-03-28 Writ denied State Of Louisiana v. Carlos Lampley
2022KW0157 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2022-03-28 Writ denied State Of Louisiana v. Darrell Bates
2021KW1602 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2022-03-28 Writ denied State Of Louisiana v. James Ross
2022KW0128 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2022-03-28 Writ granted State Of Louisiana v. Jaris Howard
2022KW0080 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2022-03-28 Writ denied State Of Louisiana v. Jermaine Marshall
2021KW1623 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2022-03-28 Writ denied State Of Louisiana v. Kim R. Hogan