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La. Rev. Stat. § 13:477 (2026)

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§477. Judicial districts

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Cited in 11 cases, 1990–2020 · leading case: Johnson v. First Nat. Bank of Shreveport, 792 So. 2d 33 (La. Ct. App. 2001).
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Johnson v. First Nat. Bank of Shreveport, 792 So. 2d 33 (La. Ct. App. 2001). “Upon a review of the record, we find that the consolidation of the two matters was appropriate. Cases may be consolidated when they are pending in the same court.”
Wooley v. Amcare Health Plans of Louisiana, 944 So. 2d 668 (La. Ct. App. 2006). “R.S. 13:477(19). [6] Subject matter jurisdiction is the legal power and authority of a court to hear and determine a particular class of actions or proceedings, based upon the object of the demand, the amount in dispute, or the value of the right asserted.”
State v. Cooper, 50 So. 3d 115 (La. 2010). “R.S. 13:477(15). The law provides that thirteen judges shall be elected from the various precincts in the district to serve in separate divisions of court.”
Clark v. Roemer, 777 F. Supp. 471 (M.D. La. 1991). “R.S. 13:477. 1 . The districts at issue are the First, Fourth, Ninth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Eighteenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-Fourth and Fortieth Judicial District Courts; East Baton Rouge Family Court; and the First Circuit Court of Appeal, District Two.”
Snyder v. Perilloux, 198 So. 3d 237 (2016). · cites it 2× “R.S. 13:477. (Emphasis added). The entire parish of St.”
Johnson v. First Nat. Bank of Shreveport, 786 So. 2d 84 (La. 2001). · cites it 2× “La.Rev.Stat. § 13:477(11). However, the respective parishes lie within separate court of appeal circuits.”
Terrebonne Par. Branch Naacp v. Jindal, 274 F. Supp. 3d 395 (2017). “RS § 13:477. For the remaining three (9, 18, and 40), the use of subdistricts is only reflected in the Clark consent decree.”
Twenty-first Jud. Dist. Court v. State, 563 So. 2d 1185 (La. Ct. App. 1990). “R.S. 13:477. The 21st JDC has six judges.”
State v. Lee, 208 So. 3d 492 (La. Ct. App. 2016). “R.S. 13:477 provides, in relevant part: 17There shall be 41 judicial districts in the state and each district shall be composed as follows: (1) The parish of Caddo shall compose the First District.”
Magnolia Island Plantation L L C v. Lucky Fam. L L C (W.D. La. 2020). “R.S. 13:477(1). The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana also has jurisdiction over Caddo Parish.”
Twenty-First Jud. Dist. Court v. State ex rel. Guste, 563 So. 2d 1185 (1990). “R.S. 13:477. The 21st JDC has six judges.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 13:477(1) — 1 case
Magnolia Island Plantation L L C v. Lucky Fam. L L C (W.D. La. 2020). “R.S. 13:477(1). The United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana also has jurisdiction over Caddo Parish.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 13:477(11) — 2 cases
Johnson v. First Nat. Bank of Shreveport, 792 So. 2d 33 (La. Ct. App. 2001). “Upon a review of the record, we find that the consolidation of the two matters was appropriate. Cases may be consolidated when they are pending in the same court.”
Johnson v. First Nat. Bank of Shreveport, 786 So. 2d 84 (La. 2001). “La.Rev.Stat. § 13:477(11). However, the respective parishes lie within separate court of appeal circuits.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 13:477(15) — 1 case
State v. Cooper, 50 So. 3d 115 (La. 2010). “R.S. 13:477(15). The law provides that thirteen judges shall be elected from the various precincts in the district to serve in separate divisions of court.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 13:477(19) — 1 case
Wooley v. Amcare Health Plans of Louisiana, 944 So. 2d 668 (La. Ct. App. 2006). “R.S. 13:477(19). [6] Subject matter jurisdiction is the legal power and authority of a court to hear and determine a particular class of actions or proceedings, based upon the object of the demand, the amount in dispute, or the value of the right asserted.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 13:477(40) — 1 case
Snyder v. Perilloux, 198 So. 3d 237 (2016). “R.S. 13:477. (Emphasis added). The entire parish of St.”
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