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
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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, Pointe Coupee, St. Mary
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, Terrebonne
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, and West Baton Rouge
*2nd District: East Baton Rouge
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*3rd District: East Feliciana, Livingston
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, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington
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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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, Claiborne, DeSoto, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison Madison may refer to:
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, Morehouse, Ouachita, Red River, Richland, Tensas, Union, Webster
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, West Carroll, Winn Winn may refer to:
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Circuit Seat: Second Circuit Courthouse (Shreveport
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)
3rd Circuit
Parishes Included: Acadia
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, Avoyelles, Beauregard, Calcasieu, Cameron
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, Catahoula, Concordia, Evangeline, Grant, Iberia
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, Jefferson Davis
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, Lafayette, 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, 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
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-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is bord ...
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