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Ward

Louisiana Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit

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Judicial record

799 opinions where Ward sat on the panel, spanning 1982–1995.

4 Majority authored
794 Joined majority
1 Dissents

By court

  • La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 796
  • La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 3

By disposition

  • Affirmed 336
  • Reversed 95
  • Mixed 31
  • Other 23
  • Remanded 14
  • Dismissed 5
  • Vacated 5
  • Denied 1

Panel votes per year

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

0 25 50 75 100 125 1968 1978 1988 1998 2008 2018 2021 1982: 50 votes — Ward 1983: 47 votes — Ward 1984: 74 votes — Ward 1985: 63 votes — Ward 1986: 66 votes — Ward 1987: 57 votes — Ward 1988: 68 votes — Ward 1989: 73 votes — Ward 1990: 60 votes — Ward 1991: 52 votes — Ward 1992: 59 votes — Ward 1993: 70 votes — Ward 1994: 56 votes — Ward 1995: 4 votes — Ward 1968: 5 votes — David Williams 1970: 19 votes — David Williams 1971: 2 votes — David Williams 1973: 7 votes — David Williams 1974: 48 votes — David Williams 1975: 1 vote — David Williams 1982: 46 votes — David Williams 1983: 49 votes — David Williams 1984: 66 votes — David Williams 1985: 63 votes — David Williams 1986: 68 votes — David Williams 1987: 48 votes — David Williams 1988: 68 votes — David Williams 1989: 66 votes — David Williams 1990: 51 votes — David Williams 1991: 63 votes — David Williams 1992: 4 votes — David Williams 1993: 59 votes — David Williams 1994: 53 votes — David Williams 1995: 85 votes — David Williams 1996: 83 votes — David Williams 1997: 84 votes — David Williams 1998: 84 votes — David Williams 1999: 95 votes — David Williams 2000: 99 votes — David Williams 2001: 92 votes — David Williams 2002: 76 votes — David Williams 2003: 90 votes — David Williams 2004: 63 votes — David Williams 2005: 95 votes — David Williams 2006: 99 votes — David Williams 2007: 106 votes — David Williams 2008: 122 votes — David Williams 2009: 101 votes — David Williams 2010: 83 votes — David Williams 2011: 43 votes — David Williams 2019: 29 votes — David Williams 2020: 38 votes — David Williams 2021: 2 votes — David Williams
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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 Ward sat on the panel.

Docket Court Filed Disposition Case
93-CA-2339 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1995-04-07 — State Ex Rel. Plaquemines Parish Sch. Bd. v. PLAQUEMINES PARISH GOVERN.
93-CA-2125 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1995-03-10 Reversed in part, amended in part, rendered Dupre v. Insurance Co. of North America
94-CA-0664, 94-CA-0665 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1995-01-19 Reversed in part, and amended and affirmed in part, as amended Arkla Exploration Co. v. Delacroix Corp.
94-CA-0962 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1995-01-19 — Crifasi v. Crifasi
94-CA-1123 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1994-12-15 Affirmed as amended Jacobs v. Loeffelholz
94-KA-0541 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1994-12-15 — State v. Ruiz
93-KA-2089 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1994-12-15 Affirmed State v. Brown
94-KA-1172 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1994-12-15 Affirmed State v. Johnson
94-KA-0621 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1994-12-15 Remanded State v. Smith
94-CA-0756 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1994-12-15 — Wood v. May
94-CA-1135 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1994-12-15 Affirmed Hall v. Fertility Institute of New Orleans
94-CA-0681 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1994-11-30 Affirmed Girvan v. New Orleans Pub. Serv. Inc.
94-CA-1148 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1994-11-30 Affirmed in part and reversed in part Brewster v. Santos
94-CA-0658 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1994-11-30 Affirmed Henry v. State
93-CA-1393 La. Ct. App. 4th Cir. 1994-11-10 — VERMILION BAY v. Phillips Petroleum Co.