The Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal are the intermediate appellate courts for the state of Louisiana.
There are five circuits, each covering a different group of parishes. Each circuit is subdivided into three districts.
As with the Louisiana Supreme Court, the regular judicial terms on the courts of appeal are ten years.
The courts of appeal are housed in the following cities in Louisiana:
First Circuit â€" Baton Rouge. See Luther F. Cole, Douglas Gonzales, John Michael Guidry, Jefferson D. Hughes, III, Samuel A. LeBlanc, I, Morris Lottinger, Jr., Morris Lottinger, Sr., Albert Tate, Jr., and J. Louis Watkins, Jr.
Second Circuit â€" Shreveport. See H. Welborn Ayres, Walter O. Bigby, James E. Bolin, Henry Newton Brown, Jr., Jeff Cox, Harmon Caldwell Drew, Harmon Drew, Jr., A. B. George, Fred W. Jones, Jr., Pike Hall, Jr., George W. Hardy, Jr., Robert F. Kennon, Cecil C. Lowe, Charles A. Marvin, J. Frank McInnis, William Norris, III, Charles B. Peatross, O. E. Price, Robert Rogers, Jr., Carl E. Stewart, Lynn Kyle Watkins, and Jeffrey P. Victory.
Third Circuit â€" Lake Charles. See William A. Culpepper, Alfred Briggs Irion, Jeannette Knoll, Elizabeth Pickett, Albert Tate, Jr., and Henry L. Yelverton.
Fourth Circuit â€" New Orleans. See Philip Ciaccio and Albert Estopinal, Jr.
Fifth Circuit â€" Gretna. See Charles Grisbaum, Jr., and Greg G. Guidry.
Jurisdiction
The Circuit Courts of Appeal have appellate jurisdiction over all civil matters, all matters appealed from family and juvenile courts, and most criminal cases that are tryable by a jury. A court of appeal also has supervisory jurisdiction to review interlocutory orders and decrees in cases which are heard in the trial courts within their geographical circuits. One unique feature of the Courts of Appeal of Louisiana is that they are able to review questions of fact, as well as questions of law, in civil cases. In appeals of criminal cases, however, the appellate jurisdiction of the courts of appeal extends only to questions of law.
1st Circuit
Parishes Included:
- 1st District: Ascension, Assumption, Iberville, Lafourche, Pointe Coupee, St. Mary, Terrebonne, and West Baton Rouge
- 2nd District: East Baton Rouge
- 3rd District: East Feliciana, Livingston, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington, and West Feliciana
Circuit Seat: First Circuit Courthouse (Baton Rouge)
2nd Circuit
Parishes Included: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo, Caldwell, Claiborne, DeSoto, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Red River, Richland, Tensas, Union, Webster, West Carroll, Winn
Circuit Seat: Second Circuit Courthouse (Shreveport)
3rd Circuit
Parishes Included: Acadia, Allen, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Catahoula, Concordia, Evangeline, Grant, Iberia, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermilion, Vernon
Circuit Seat: Third Circuit Courthouse (Lake Charles)
4th Circuit
Parishes Included: Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard
Circuit Seat: Fourth Circuit Courthouse (New Orleans)
5th Circuit
Parishes Included: Jefferson, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist
Circuit Seat: Fifth Circuit Courthouse (Gretna)
References
External links
- Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal homepage
- Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal homepage
- Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal homepage
- Louisiana Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal homepage
- Louisiana Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal homepage