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Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal
Intermediate appellate court of Louisiana From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal are the intermediate appellate courts for the state of Louisiana.
Baton Rouge (1st)
Shreveport (2nd)
Lake Charles (3rd)
New Orleans (4th)
Gretna (5th)
Court locations
There are five circuits, each covering a different group of parishes.[1] Each circuit is subdivided into three districts.[2]
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 – Baton Rouge
Second Circuit – Shreveport
Third Circuit – Lake Charles
Fourth Circuit – New Orleans
Fifth Circuit – Gretna
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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 triable 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.[2]
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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)
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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)
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4th Circuit
Parishes Included: Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard
Circuit Seat: Fourth Circuit Courthouse (New Orleans)
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5th Circuit
Parishes Included: Jefferson, St. Charles, St. James, St. John the Baptist
Circuit Seat: Fifth Circuit Courthouse (Gretna)
Judicial misconduct scandal
In May 2007, Jerrold Peterson, staff director for the court, wrote a letter alleging that, starting in 1994, criminal pro se petitions were not being reviewed by a panel of three judges as required by Louisiana law. Instead, every pro se petition received a boilerplate response. At least 5,000 petitions have been disregarded under this policy over a 12 year period. On May 21, 2007, Peterson committed suicide at the age of 55.[8]
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References
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