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Shortess

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit

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Judicial record

1058 opinions where Shortess sat on the panel, spanning 1982–2000.

4 Majority authored
1054 Joined majority

By court

  • La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1057
  • La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1

By disposition

  • Affirmed 232
  • Reversed 88
  • Mixed 38
  • Remanded 20
  • Dismissed 10
  • Other 10
  • Vacated 7
  • Denied 4
  • Granted 4

Panel votes per year

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

0 25 50 75 100 125 1972 1982 1992 2002 2012 2022 2025 1982: 72 votes — Shortess 1983: 107 votes — Shortess 1984: 92 votes — Shortess 1985: 65 votes — Shortess 1986: 57 votes — Shortess 1987: 39 votes — Shortess 1988: 60 votes — Shortess 1989: 45 votes — Shortess 1990: 31 votes — Shortess 1991: 72 votes — Shortess 1992: 63 votes — Shortess 1993: 66 votes — Shortess 1994: 63 votes — Shortess 1995: 79 votes — Shortess 1996: 43 votes — Shortess 1997: 35 votes — Shortess 1998: 61 votes — Shortess 1999: 6 votes — Shortess 2000: 2 votes — Shortess 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
  • Shortess
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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 Shortess sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
99 CA 0297 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2000-05-19 — Walker v. ACADIAN BUILDERS OF GONZALES
99 KA 0803 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2000-02-18 — State v. Wilkinson
98 CA 2059 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1999-12-28 — Cortez v. Zurich Ins. Co.
98 CA 2282 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1999-11-05 — Johnson v. Hardy
98 KA 1839 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1999-06-25 — State v. Bickham
98 CA 0888 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1999-05-14 — Independent Fire Ins. Co. v. Sunbeam Corp.
98 CW 2024 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1999-03-31 — In Re Shintech
97 CA 2413 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1999-02-04 — South Cent. Bell v. WOMACK & ASSOCIATES
97 CA 2643 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1998-12-28 — Krebs v. Mull
97 CA 2250 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1998-11-18 — Reed v. Recard
97 CA 2873 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1998-11-06 Reversed and remanded Perere v. Louisiana Television Broadcasting Corp.
97 CA 2342 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1998-11-06 Affirmed LeJeune v. Brewster
97 CA 2371 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1998-11-06 — Rambo v. Walker
97 CA 2284 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1998-11-06 — Clark v. Favalora
97 CA 2359 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1998-11-06 — Bell v. Whitten