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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 Walter I. Lanier III for comparison (drop the overlay).

0 60 120 180 240 300 1982 1992 2002 2012 2022 2026 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 1982: 57 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1983: 120 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1984: 101 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1985: 92 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1986: 74 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1987: 59 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1988: 73 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1989: 74 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1990: 49 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1991: 77 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 1992: 55 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2001: 4 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2002: 46 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2003: 3 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2004: 1 vote — Walter I. Lanier III 2019: 181 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2020: 212 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2021: 152 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2022: 151 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2023: 147 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2024: 150 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2025: 142 votes — Walter I. Lanier III 2026: 64 votes — Walter I. Lanier III
  • Shortess
  • Walter I. Lanier 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 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