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Sol Gothard

Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit · Appointed 1986

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Judicial record

1141 opinions where Sol Gothard sat on the panel, spanning 1986–2005.

280 Majority authored
861 Joined majority

By court

  • La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 1139
  • La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2

By disposition

  • Affirmed 469
  • Reversed 69
  • Remanded 45
  • Mixed 41
  • Other 34
  • Dismissed 22
  • Vacated 20
  • Granted 6
  • Denied 5
  • Modified 1

Panel votes per year

How Sol Gothard's panel-seat count has shifted year by year. Overlaid with Susan M. Chehardy for comparison (drop the overlay).

0 30 60 90 120 150 1986 1991 1996 2001 2006 2011 2016 2021 2026 1986: 6 votes — Sol Gothard 1987: 59 votes — Sol Gothard 1988: 75 votes — Sol Gothard 1989: 46 votes — Sol Gothard 1990: 58 votes — Sol Gothard 1991: 42 votes — Sol Gothard 1992: 52 votes — Sol Gothard 1993: 41 votes — Sol Gothard 1994: 48 votes — Sol Gothard 1995: 68 votes — Sol Gothard 1996: 64 votes — Sol Gothard 1997: 56 votes — Sol Gothard 1998: 83 votes — Sol Gothard 1999: 86 votes — Sol Gothard 2000: 33 votes — Sol Gothard 2001: 43 votes — Sol Gothard 2002: 72 votes — Sol Gothard 2003: 87 votes — Sol Gothard 2004: 76 votes — Sol Gothard 2005: 46 votes — Sol Gothard 1998: 5 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 1999: 76 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2000: 48 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2001: 55 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2002: 83 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2003: 95 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2004: 82 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2005: 76 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2006: 81 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2007: 66 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2008: 77 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2009: 6 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2010: 2 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2011: 3 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2016: 1 vote — Susan M. Chehardy 2018: 1 vote — Susan M. Chehardy 2019: 4 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2020: 50 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2021: 64 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2022: 81 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2023: 98 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2024: 126 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2025: 73 votes — Susan M. Chehardy 2026: 16 votes — Susan M. Chehardy
  • Sol Gothard
  • Susan M. Chehardy

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 Sol Gothard sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
05-KA-53 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 2005-06-28 — State v. Dabney
05-KA-51 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 2005-06-28 Affirmed State v. Goodwin
05-CA-144, 04-C-1326 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 2005-06-28 — Descant v. TPA, INC.
05-CA-136 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 2005-06-28 Denied Chivleatto v. Sportsman's Cove, Inc.
05-CA-149 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 2005-06-28 — Vicknair v. St. James Parish School Bd.
05-CA-148 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 2005-06-28 Affirmed Pylant v. Jefferson Parish
05-CA-122 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 2005-06-28 Affirmed Mohsan v. Roule-Graham
05-KA-52 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 2005-06-28 — State v. Stevenson
05-KA-61 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 2005-06-28 — State v. Clark
05-KA-62 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 2005-06-28 — State v. Gardner
04-CA-1455, 04-CA-1456 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 2005-05-31 — State, Dept. of Social Services v. Lt
05-CA-466 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 2005-05-04 Affirmed Augillard v. Barney
04-CA-1265 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 2005-04-26 Affirmed in part; reversed in part Sellers v. St. Charles Parish
04-KA-1208 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 2005-04-26 Dismissed State v. Franks
04-KA-1194 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 2005-04-26 Remanded State v. Brown