The Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal are the intermediate
appellate court
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s for the
state
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of
Louisiana
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.
There are five
circuits, each covering a different group of
parishes
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.
Map of judicial circuits of the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal
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As with the Louisiana Supreme Court
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, 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
Baton Rouge ( ; ) is a city in and the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana
Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-sma ...
Second Circuit – Shreveport
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Third Circuit – Lake Charles
Fourth Circuit –
Fifth Circuit – Gretna
Jurisdiction
The Circuit Courts of Appeal have appellate jurisdiction
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over all civil matters, all matters appealed from family and juvenile courts, and most criminal cases that are tryable by a jury
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. 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
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, Iberville, Lafourche
Lafourche Parish (french: Paroisse de la Fourche) is a parish located in the south of the U.S. state of Louisiana. The parish seat is Thibodaux. The parish was formed in 1807. It was originally the northern part of Lafourche Interior Parish, whi ...
, Pointe Coupee
Pointe Coupee Parish ( or ; french: Paroisse de la Pointe-Coupée) is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 22,802; in 2020, its population was 20,758. The parish seat is New Roads.
Pointe ...
, St. Mary
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, Terrebonne
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** Terrebonne station, a commuter railway station in Terrebonne, Quebec
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, and West Baton Rouge
*2nd District: East Baton Rouge
East Baton Rouge Parish (french: Paroisse de Bâton Rouge Est) is the most populous parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. At the 2010 U.S. census, its population was 440,171, and 456,781 at the 2020 census. The parish seat is Baton Rouge, Lou ...
*3rd District: East Feliciana, Livingston
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, St. Helena
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, St. Tammany
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, Tangipahoa
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Etymology
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, Washington
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* Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States
** A metonym for the federal government of the United States
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, and West Feliciana
Circuit Seat: First Circuit Courthouse (Baton Rouge
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)
2nd Circuit
Parishes Included: Bienville, Bossier, Caddo
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, Caldwell
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* Caldwell First Nation, a federally recognized Indian band in southern Ontario, Canada
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Great Britain
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* Caldwell, East ...
, Claiborne, DeSoto, East Carroll, Franklin
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, Jackson
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, Lincoln
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* Lincoln, England, cathedral city and county town of Lincolnshire, England
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* Lincoln ...
, Madison Madison may refer to:
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, Morehouse, Ouachita, Red River, Richland, Tensas, Union
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* Union (band), an American rock group
** ''Un ...
, Webster
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*Webster, Alberta
*Webster's Falls, Hamilton, Ontario
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, West Carroll, Winn Winn may refer to:
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In the United States:
* Winn, Maine, a town in Penobscot County
* Winn, Michigan, an unincorporated community
* Winn Parish, Louisiana
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* WINN, an ...
Circuit Seat: Second Circuit Courthouse (Shreveport
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)
3rd Circuit
Parishes Included: Acadia
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, Allen Allen, Allen's or Allens may refer to:
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* Allen Arena, an indoor arena at Lipscomb University in Nashville, Tennessee
* Allen Center, a skyscraper complex in downtown Houston, Texas
* Allen Fieldhouse, an indoor sports arena on the Univer ...
, Avoyelles
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, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron, Catahoula, Concordia, Evangeline
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, Grant
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*Castle Grant
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, Iberia
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**
**
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, Jefferson Davis
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, Lafayette
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** Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757 ...
, LaSalle, Natchitoches, Rapides, Sabine
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, St. Landry, St. Martin, Vermilion
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, Vernon
Circuit Seat: Third Circuit Courthouse ( Lake Charles)
4th Circuit
Parishes Included: Orleans, Plaquemines, St. Bernard
Circuit Seat: Fourth Circuit Courthouse ()
5th Circuit
Parishes Included: Jefferson Jefferson may refer to:
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* Jefferson (surname)
* Jefferson (given name)
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* Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third president of the United States
* Jefferson (footballer, born 1970), full name Jefferson Tomaz de Souza, Brazilian foo ...
, 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
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Louisiana
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