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Swift

Louisiana Court of Appeal, Third Circuit

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Judicial record

337 opinions where Swift sat on the panel, spanning 1970–1988.

337 Joined majority

By court

  • La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 306
  • La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 31

By disposition

  • Affirmed 137
  • Reversed 36
  • Mixed 23
  • Other 11
  • Dismissed 9
  • Remanded 3
  • Denied 1

Panel votes per year

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

0 25 50 75 100 125 1959 1964 1969 1974 1979 1984 1989 1994 1996 1970: 23 votes — Swift 1979: 66 votes — Swift 1980: 71 votes — Swift 1981: 88 votes — Swift 1982: 58 votes — Swift 1983: 8 votes — Swift 1988: 23 votes — Swift 1959: 3 votes — Culpepper 1960: 14 votes — Culpepper 1961: 60 votes — Culpepper 1962: 69 votes — Culpepper 1963: 49 votes — Culpepper 1964: 49 votes — Culpepper 1965: 45 votes — Culpepper 1966: 57 votes — Culpepper 1967: 44 votes — Culpepper 1968: 42 votes — Culpepper 1969: 48 votes — Culpepper 1970: 36 votes — Culpepper 1971: 37 votes — Culpepper 1972: 33 votes — Culpepper 1973: 61 votes — Culpepper 1974: 85 votes — Culpepper 1975: 113 votes — Culpepper 1976: 90 votes — Culpepper 1977: 95 votes — Culpepper 1978: 62 votes — Culpepper 1979: 72 votes — Culpepper 1980: 73 votes — Culpepper 1981: 86 votes — Culpepper 1982: 92 votes — Culpepper 1983: 2 votes — Culpepper 1984: 29 votes — Culpepper 1985: 1 vote — Culpepper 1986: 4 votes — Culpepper 1987: 81 votes — Culpepper 1988: 20 votes — Culpepper 1991: 11 votes — Culpepper 1992: 45 votes — Culpepper 1993: 26 votes — Culpepper 1994: 52 votes — Culpepper 1995: 14 votes — Culpepper 1996: 1 vote — Culpepper
  • Swift
  • Culpepper

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 Swift sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
87-120 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1988-06-22 — Murphy v. Estate of Sam
87-143 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1988-03-23 Affirmed Woodstock Ent. v. INTERN. MOORINGS, ETC.
87-155 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1988-03-09 — Conoco, Inc. v. Tenneco, Inc.
CR87-838 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1988-03-02 — State v. Belton
87-131 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1988-03-02 Affirmed Thompson v. Woods
87-123 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1988-03-02 Affirmed Simon v. Simon
CR87-983, CR87-984 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1988-03-02 Affirmed in part, vacated in part, remanded State v. Bennett
CR87-1002 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1988-03-02 Affirmed as amended State v. Klause
87-154 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1988-03-02 Affirmed Wagner v. Beauregard Parish Police Jury
87-130 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1988-03-02 Affirmed in part, reversed in part, amended in part and rendered Morris v. Highlands Ins. Co.
87-31 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1988-02-03 Reversed and rendered Thomas v. K-Mart Corp.
87-9 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1988-02-03 — Morvant v. Himel Marine, Inc.
87-29 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1988-02-03 Affirmed Scott v. Reed
87-21 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1988-02-03 Affirmed Henderson v. Eastman Whipstock Pilot, Inc.
87-36 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1988-02-03 Reversed and remanded Weems v. Hickman