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La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1 (2026)

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CHAPTER 1. LOUISIANA HIGHWAY REGULATORY ACT

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Cited in 170 cases (13 in the last 5 years), 1951–2026 · leading case: Brooks v. State Ex Rel. Dep't of Transp. & Dev., 74 So. 3d 187 (La. 2011).
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Brooks v. State Ex Rel. Dep't of Transp. & Dev., 74 So. 3d 187 (La. 2011). · cites it 4× “R.S. 32:1(19) as a "motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement, for drawing plows, moving machines, and other implements of husbandry.”
Capone v. Ormet Corp., 822 So. 2d 684 (La. Ct. App. 2002). · cites it 4× “R.S. 32:1(25) and (76). La. R.S. 48:1(15) defines a right of way as "the area dedicated for use as a highway.”
Palmisano v. Ohler, 204 So. 3d 1134 (La. Ct. App. 2016). · cites it 2× “R.S. 32:1(66). . "No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district.”
Blair v. Tynes, 621 So. 2d 591 (La. 1993). · cites it 2× “"promulgate rules and regulations not inconsistent with this Chapter and the general laws relative to highways and their construction, maintenance, and use, and the operation of vehicles and pedestrians thereon .”
State v. Carr, 761 So. 2d 1271 (La. 2000). · cites it 2× “R.S. 32:1 et seq., which currently defines a vehicle to include a bicycle.”
Pierre v. Allstate Ins. Co., 242 So. 2d 821 (La. 1970). · cites it 2× “) Under the definitions in R.S. 32:1, areas along the highway are classified as "residence" or "business" districts if a specified footage is occupied by residences or businesses.”
Suhr v. Felter, 589 So. 2d 583 (La. Ct. App. 1991). · cites it 5× “R.S. 32:1 et seq., explicitly proscribes parking vehicles on the roadway (main traveled part) of a highway in La.”
Oakley v. Thebault, 684 So. 2d 488 (La. Ct. App. 1996). “The responsibility for placing and maintaining traffic-control devices on public roads is controlled by the Highway Regulatory Act, LSA-R.S. 32:1 et seq. For purposes of that act, "highway" is defined as follows: "the entire width between the boundary lines of every way or place…”
State v. Cook, 86 So. 3d 672 (La. Ct. App. 2012). · cites it 2× “(3) When committed against a person whom one reasonably believes to be likely to use any unlawful force against a person present in a dwelling or a place of business, or when committed against a person whom one reasonably believes is attempting to use any unlawful force against…”
Fontenot v. Pan Am. Fire & Cas. Co., 209 So. 2d 105 (La. Ct. App. 1968). · cites it 3× “" LSA-R.S. 32:1 (44) defines "roadway" as that portion of a highway which is used for vehicular traffic.”
State v. Cuccia, 933 So. 2d 134 (La. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “(3) When committed against a person whom one reasonably believes to be likely to use any unlawful force against a person present in a dwelling or a place of business, or when committed against a person whom one reasonably believes is attempting to use any unlawful force against…”
Hall v. State, Dep't of Highways, 213 So. 2d 169 (La. Ct. App. 1968). · cites it 2× “-R.S. 32:1 et seq., Act. 310 of 1962), the pertinent statutory regulation provided as follows: The state department of highways "shall supervise and regulate all traffic on the public highways of this state * * *" LSA-R.”
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— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(1) — 5 cases
Mott v. Babin Motors, Inc., 451 So. 2d 632 (La. Ct. App. 1984).
Sullivan v. Hartford Accident & Indem. Co., 155 So. 2d 432 (La. Ct. App. 1963).
Thigpen v. Lacombe, 226 So. 3d 1138 (La. Ct. App. 2017).
Perniciaro v. Travelers Ins. Co., 227 So. 2d 778 (La. Ct. App. 1969).
Lavine v. Jackson, 730 So. 2d 958 (La. Ct. App. 1998).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(107) — 1 case
Cassandra Crow v. Richard Foster & The State of Louisiana, through the Dep't of Transp. & Dev. (La. Ct. App. 2024).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(14) — 1 case
Michael Brantley, Jr. Versus City of Gretna & Redflex Traffic Sys., Inc. (La. Ct. App. 2022).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(15) — 1 case
Dagnall v. Louisiana Dept. of Highways, 426 So. 2d 276 (La. Ct. App. 1983).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(16) — 1 case
Demandre v. Robinson, 220 So. 2d 542 (La. Ct. App. 1969).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(17) — 6 cases
Dotson v. Matthews, 480 So. 2d 860 (La. Ct. App. 1985).
Broussard v. Annaloro, 268 So. 2d 293 (La. Ct. App. 1972).
State v. Lorenz, 572 So. 2d 362 (La. Ct. App. 1990).
Bergeron v. S. Farm Bureau Cas. Ins., 169 So. 2d 407 (La. Ct. App. 1964).
Green v. Dep't of Pub. Saf., 308 So. 2d 863 (La. Ct. App. 1975).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(19) — 3 cases
Brooks v. State Ex Rel. Dep't of Transp. & Dev., 74 So. 3d 187 (La. 2011). “R.S. 32:1(19) as a "motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement, for drawing plows, moving machines, and other implements of husbandry.”
Fontenot v. Pan Am. Fire & Cas. Co., 209 So. 2d 105 (La. Ct. App. 1968). “" LSA-R.S. 32:1 (44) defines "roadway" as that portion of a highway which is used for vehicular traffic.”
McGehee v. Cox, 233 So. 2d 36 (La. Ct. App. 1970).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(25) — 14 cases
Daniels v. Burridge, 785 So. 2d 906 (La. Ct. App. 2001).
Suhr v. Felter, 589 So. 2d 583 (La. Ct. App. 1991). “R.S. 32:1 et seq., explicitly proscribes parking vehicles on the roadway (main traveled part) of a highway in La.”
Capone v. Ormet Corp., 822 So. 2d 684 (La. Ct. App. 2002). “R.S. 32:1(25) and (76). La. R.S. 48:1(15) defines a right of way as "the area dedicated for use as a highway.”
Bardfield v. New Orleans Pub. Belt RR, 371 So. 2d 783 (La. 1979).
State v. Franks, 730 So. 2d 998 (La. Ct. App. 1999).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(26) — 3 cases
Thibodeaux v. St. Paul Mercury Ins. Co., 242 So. 2d 112 (La. Ct. App. 1971).
Prestenback v. Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 257 So. 2d 698 (La. Ct. App. 1972).
Rester v. TL James Const. Co., 415 So. 2d 272 (La. Ct. App. 1982).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(27) — 4 cases
Lawrence v. Core, 132 So. 2d 82 (La. Ct. App. 1961).
Fontenot v. Wood, 140 So. 2d 34 (La. Ct. App. 1962).
Parnell v. Connecticut Fire Ins. Co., 156 So. 2d 462 (La. 1963).
Biggs v. Verbois, 151 So. 2d 172 (La. Ct. App. 1963).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(31) — 1 case
Dawson v. Clark, 564 So. 2d 1291 (La. Ct. App. 1990).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(32) — 1 case
Seine Liles v. Great West Cas. Ins. Co. (La. Ct. App. 2022).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(33)(a) — 2 cases
Huey Antill, Jr. Versus State Farm Mut. Ins. Co., John Halder, & Allstate Ins. Co. (La. Ct. App. 2020).
Seine Liles v. Great West Cas. Ins. Co. (La. Ct. App. 2022).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(33)(d)(i) — 1 case
Huey Antill, Jr. Versus State Farm Mut. Ins. Co., John Halder, & Allstate Ins. Co. (La. Ct. App. 2020).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(33)(d)(ii) — 1 case
Huey Antill, Jr. Versus State Farm Mut. Ins. Co., John Halder, & Allstate Ins. Co. (La. Ct. App. 2020).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(38) — 1 case
Marian Clinton v. Edward Jones (La. Ct. App. 2021).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(4) — 1 case
Lee v. Davis, 897 So. 2d 753 (La. Ct. App. 2005).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(40) — 33 cases
Brooks v. State Ex Rel. Dep't of Transp. & Dev., 74 So. 3d 187 (La. 2011). “R.S. 32:1(19) as a "motor vehicle designed and used primarily as a farm implement, for drawing plows, moving machines, and other implements of husbandry.”
State v. Cook, 86 So. 3d 672 (La. Ct. App. 2012). “(3) When committed against a person whom one reasonably believes to be likely to use any unlawful force against a person present in a dwelling or a place of business, or when committed against a person whom one reasonably believes is attempting to use any unlawful force against…”
State v. Cuccia, 933 So. 2d 134 (La. Ct. App. 2006). “(3) When committed against a person whom one reasonably believes to be likely to use any unlawful force against a person present in a dwelling or a place of business, or when committed against a person whom one reasonably believes is attempting to use any unlawful force against…”
State of Louisiana v. Christopher J. Wells, 209 So. 3d 709 (La. 2015).
State ex rel. D.P.B., 846 So. 2d 753 (La. 2003).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(40)(3) — 1 case
State v. Baker, 166 So. 3d 1152 (La. Ct. App. 2015).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(41) — 1 case
Levron v. Dupre, 307 So. 2d 107 (La. Ct. App. 1974).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(42) — 1 case
State v. Kinchen, 71 So. 3d 344 (La. Ct. App. 2011).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(44) — 2 cases
Blue v. Donnie Baines Cartemps USA, 868 So. 2d 246 (La. Ct. App. 2004).
Jasper v. Progressive Ins. Co., 758 So. 2d 848 (La. Ct. App. 2000).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(45) — 4 cases
Lewis v. Miller, 826 So. 2d 628 (La. Ct. App. 2002).
State v. DeBlanc, 549 So. 2d 1287 (La. Ct. App. 1989).
Pelletier v. Colonial Lloyds, 649 So. 2d 31 (La. Ct. App. 1994).
Sanders v. Robinson, 614 So. 2d 740 (La. Ct. App. 1993).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(46) — 1 case
Thigpen v. Lacombe, 226 So. 3d 1138 (La. Ct. App. 2017).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(47) — 1 case
Minor v. Bertrand, 693 So. 2d 292 (La. Ct. App. 1997).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(48) — 1 case
Cassandra Crow v. Richard Foster & The State of Louisiana, through the Dep't of Transp. & Dev. (La. Ct. App. 2024).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(50) — 2 cases
Charles A. Jackson v. State of Louisiana, Charles C. Foti, Jr., Individually & in His Off. Capacity as Crim. Sheriff of the Par. of Orleans, 980 F.2d 1009 (5th Cir. 1993).
Jackson v. State of La. (5th Cir. 1993).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(57) — 7 cases
Capone v. Ormet Corp., 822 So. 2d 684 (La. Ct. App. 2002). “R.S. 32:1(25) and (76). La. R.S. 48:1(15) defines a right of way as "the area dedicated for use as a highway.”
Carney v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co., 335 So. 2d 759 (La. Ct. App. 1976).
State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins. Co. v. Niagara Fire Ins. Co., 183 So. 2d 145 (La. Ct. App. 1966).
Frey v. Cent. Mut. Ins., 150 So. 2d 822 (La. Ct. App. 1963).
Byers v. Creel, 198 So. 2d 739 (La. Ct. App. 1967).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(59) — 6 cases
Capone v. Ormet Corp., 822 So. 2d 684 (La. Ct. App. 2002). “R.S. 32:1(25) and (76). La. R.S. 48:1(15) defines a right of way as "the area dedicated for use as a highway.”
Suhr v. Felter, 589 So. 2d 583 (La. Ct. App. 1991). “R.S. 32:1 et seq., explicitly proscribes parking vehicles on the roadway (main traveled part) of a highway in La.”
Murphy v. KD Auger Trucking, Inc., 598 So. 2d 443 (La. Ct. App. 1992).
Adam v. State ex rel. Dep't of Transp. & Dev., 5 So. 3d 941 (La. Ct. App. 2009).
Wilson v. United States, 874 F. Supp. 128 (M.D. La. 1995).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(62) — 1 case
First Transit, Inc. v. Barfield, 177 So. 3d 333 (La. Ct. App. 2014).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(65) — 7 cases
Capone v. Ormet Corp., 822 So. 2d 684 (La. Ct. App. 2002). “R.S. 32:1(25) and (76). La. R.S. 48:1(15) defines a right of way as "the area dedicated for use as a highway.”
Suhr v. Felter, 589 So. 2d 583 (La. Ct. App. 1991). “R.S. 32:1 et seq., explicitly proscribes parking vehicles on the roadway (main traveled part) of a highway in La.”
Parnell v. Connecticut Fire Ins. Co., 156 So. 2d 462 (La. 1963).
Adam v. State ex rel. Dep't of Transp. & Dev., 5 So. 3d 941 (La. Ct. App. 2009).
Wilson v. United States, 874 F. Supp. 128 (M.D. La. 1995).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(66) — 1 case
Palmisano v. Ohler, 204 So. 3d 1134 (La. Ct. App. 2016). “R.S. 32:1(66). . "No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district.”
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(8) — 3 cases
State Ex Rel. Dep't of Highways v. Bradford, 141 So. 2d 378 (La. 1962).
Hall v. State, Dep't of Highways, 213 So. 2d 169 (La. Ct. App. 1968). “-R.S. 32:1 et seq., Act. 310 of 1962), the pertinent statutory regulation provided as follows: The state department of highways "shall supervise and regulate all traffic on the public highways of this state * * *" LSA-R.”
Frey v. Cent. Mut. Ins., 150 So. 2d 822 (La. Ct. App. 1963).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(80) — 1 case
Corona v. Dunbar, 417 So. 2d 452 (La. Ct. App. 1982).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(81) — 2 cases
Blair v. Tynes, 621 So. 2d 591 (La. 1993). “"promulgate rules and regulations not inconsistent with this Chapter and the general laws relative to highways and their construction, maintenance, and use, and the operation of vehicles and pedestrians thereon .”
Edwards v. Daugherty, 729 So. 2d 1112 (La. Ct. App. 1999).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(9) — 1 case
Nicolle v. Roberts, 117 So. 2d 622 (La. Ct. App. 1960).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(92) — 10 cases
Palmisano v. Ohler, 204 So. 3d 1134 (La. Ct. App. 2016). “R.S. 32:1(66). . "No person shall ride a bicycle upon a sidewalk within a business district.”
State v. Carr, 761 So. 2d 1271 (La. 2000). “R.S. 32:1 et seq., which currently defines a vehicle to include a bicycle.”
Foster v. Kinchen, 217 So. 3d 437 (La. Ct. App. 2017).
Lee v. Davis, 897 So. 2d 753 (La. Ct. App. 2005).
Tenpenny v. Ringuet, 670 So. 2d 644 (La. Ct. App. 1996).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(95) — 1 case
State v. Lorenz, 572 So. 2d 362 (La. Ct. App. 1990).
— La. Rev. Stat. § 32:1(97) — 1 case
Farris v. Jefferson (W.D. La. 2021).
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