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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 Schott for comparison (drop the overlay).

0 20 40 60 80 100 1973 1978 1983 1988 1993 1998 2001 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 1973: 52 votes — Schott 1974: 85 votes — Schott 1975: 72 votes — Schott 1976: 57 votes — Schott 1977: 65 votes — Schott 1978: 93 votes — Schott 1979: 64 votes — Schott 1980: 52 votes — Schott 1981: 48 votes — Schott 1982: 51 votes — Schott 1983: 61 votes — Schott 1984: 70 votes — Schott 1985: 55 votes — Schott 1986: 71 votes — Schott 1987: 56 votes — Schott 1988: 62 votes — Schott 1989: 63 votes — Schott 1990: 61 votes — Schott 1991: 55 votes — Schott 1992: 53 votes — Schott 1993: 40 votes — Schott 1994: 48 votes — Schott 1995: 37 votes — Schott 1996: 51 votes — Schott 1997: 37 votes — Schott 1998: 60 votes — Schott 1999: 1 vote — Schott 2001: 5 votes — Schott
  • Ward
  • Schott

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.