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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 Marion E. Edwards for comparison (drop the overlay).

0 25 50 75 100 125 1962 1972 1982 1992 2002 2011 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 1962: 3 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1963: 1 vote — Marion E. Edwards 1976: 44 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1977: 68 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1978: 55 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1979: 44 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1980: 81 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1981: 72 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1982: 81 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1983: 101 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1984: 80 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1985: 76 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1986: 81 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1987: 65 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1988: 52 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1989: 57 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1990: 55 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1991: 66 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1992: 44 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1993: 61 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1994: 23 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1995: 12 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1998: 11 votes — Marion E. Edwards 1999: 84 votes — Marion E. Edwards 2000: 39 votes — Marion E. Edwards 2001: 36 votes — Marion E. Edwards 2002: 87 votes — Marion E. Edwards 2003: 82 votes — Marion E. Edwards 2004: 80 votes — Marion E. Edwards 2005: 85 votes — Marion E. Edwards 2006: 79 votes — Marion E. Edwards 2007: 74 votes — Marion E. Edwards 2008: 80 votes — Marion E. Edwards 2009: 5 votes — Marion E. Edwards 2010: 2 votes — Marion E. Edwards 2011: 2 votes — Marion E. Edwards
  • Shortess
  • Marion E. Edwards

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