DocketDrift

Real-time tracking of state judicial trends.

Explore

Outcomes

Public record · Human review · No verdicts asserted
Unknown

Ponder

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit

Biography pending scraper ingestion.

Judicial record

630 opinions where Ponder sat on the panel, spanning 1936–1987.

2 Majority authored
627 Joined majority
1 Dissents

By court

  • La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 597
  • La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 24
  • La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 8
  • La. 1

By disposition

  • Affirmed 257
  • Reversed 78
  • Other 26
  • Mixed 21
  • Dismissed 10
  • Remanded 5
  • Granted 4
  • Denied 1
  • Vacated 1

Panel votes per year

How Ponder's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with J Louis Watkins jr for comparison (drop the overlay).

0 20 40 60 80 100 1936 1946 1956 1966 1976 1986 1996 1997 1936: 1 vote — Ponder 1961: 1 vote — Ponder 1962: 8 votes — Ponder 1973: 12 votes — Ponder 1974: 11 votes — Ponder 1976: 59 votes — Ponder 1977: 59 votes — Ponder 1978: 57 votes — Ponder 1979: 48 votes — Ponder 1980: 60 votes — Ponder 1981: 68 votes — Ponder 1982: 71 votes — Ponder 1983: 92 votes — Ponder 1984: 58 votes — Ponder 1986: 22 votes — Ponder 1987: 3 votes — Ponder 1980: 69 votes — J Louis Watkins jr 1981: 66 votes — J Louis Watkins jr 1982: 85 votes — J Louis Watkins jr 1983: 96 votes — J Louis Watkins jr 1984: 85 votes — J Louis Watkins jr 1985: 71 votes — J Louis Watkins jr 1986: 69 votes — J Louis Watkins jr 1987: 87 votes — J Louis Watkins jr 1988: 66 votes — J Louis Watkins jr 1989: 56 votes — J Louis Watkins jr 1990: 57 votes — J Louis Watkins jr 1991: 74 votes — J Louis Watkins jr 1992: 66 votes — J Louis Watkins jr 1993: 61 votes — J Louis Watkins jr 1994: 39 votes — J Louis Watkins jr 1995: 30 votes — J Louis Watkins jr 1996: 46 votes — J Louis Watkins jr 1997: 12 votes — J Louis Watkins jr
  • Ponder
  • J Louis Watkins jr

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 Ponder sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
86 CA 0484 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1987-06-23 Affirmed Dickerson v. Kroger, Inc.
86 CW 0074 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1987-01-22 Reinstated Babin v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co.
85 CA 0757 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1987-01-22 Remanded Tabor v. Doctors Memorial Hosp.
85 CA 0672 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986-11-19 — Arnold v. Illinois Cent. Gulf RR
CA 85 0867 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986-10-15 — Charrier v. Bell
85 CA 0780 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986-10-15 — Friedrichs v. State Farm Fire & Cas. Ins. Co.
86-KA-0178 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986-10-15 Affirmed State v. Louis
86-KA-0050 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986-10-15 Affirmed State v. Jones
85 CA 0823 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986-10-15 — Patrick v. Patrick
CA 85 0125 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986-06-24 — Chrysler Credit Corp. v. Dairyland Ins. Co.
85 KA 1489 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986-06-24 — State v. Martin
CA 85 0466 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986-06-24 — Matter of Succession of Stevenson
85 CA 0647 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986-06-24 — Dreher v. Hood Motor Co., Inc.
85 CA 0612 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986-06-24 — Atkinson v. Total Computer Systems, Inc.
85 CA 0456 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1986-06-24 — Stafford v. Unsell