Judge Currently Seated

Walter I. Lanier III

Louisiana Court of Appeal, First Circuit · Appointed May 4, 2002

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Judicial record

2084 opinions where Walter I. Lanier III sat on the panel, spanning 1982–2026.

4 Majority authored
2080 Joined majority

By court

  • La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2084

By disposition

  • Other 776
  • Affirmed 292
  • Reversed 92
  • Mixed 64
  • Remanded 28
  • Dismissed 19
  • Vacated 12
  • Denied 9
  • Granted 8
  • Modified 1

Panel votes per year

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

0 60 120 180 240 300 1972 1982 1992 2002 2012 2022 2026 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 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
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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 Walter I. Lanier III sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
2026 CW 0556 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-10-09 Writ denied Carolyn Peters v. Louisiana Department of Environment Quality
2026 CA 0092 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-10-07 — Joshua Ray Hyatt v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections
2026 CW 0825 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-09-25 Writ denied Lisa Romero Dugal v. Hawthorne Nola3, LLC D_B_A Orangetheory Fitness Mandeville
2026 CA 0078 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-09-24 Affirmed Keith Regan v. Tamikia Jones, Peerliss Property Management and Development, LLC
2026 CW 0790 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-09-21 — Henry Woodlief, Sr. v. Felipe Tzoc-Ortiz, United Security Insurance Company
2026 CW 0872 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-09-18 — Brandon Morgan v. Katie Galiano
2026 CW 0891 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-09-18 Writ not considered Brandon Golson and Hanna Golson v. Community Steel Company, LLC, Gary Nugent an…
2026 CW 0736 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-09-18 — State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company v. Jerry Willie Martin and Susan…
2026 CW 0889 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-09-18 Writ denied M.C.G. v. Dioces of Houma-Thibodaux, Holy Savior Catholic Church and Reverend B…
2026 CJ 0565 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-09-18 Affirmed State of Louisiana in the Interest of P.M
2026 CW 0941 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-09-18 Writ denied in part and granted in part De&39;Shad Lawson-Cannon v. Woodrow Holiday, Jr
2026 KW 0758 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-09-18 — State of Louisiana v. Andre Lucas
2026 CW 0749 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-09-18 Writ denied Luba Casualty Insurance Company v. Washington-St. Tammany Electric Cooperative,…
2026 KW 1045 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-09-18 Writ denied State of Louisiana v. Namicha Lacey
2026 KW 0765 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 2026-09-18 Writ denied State of Louisiana v. Michael Ravy