19th JDC Leads State with 47,096 Filings in 2002

The Advocate details the Louisiana Supreme Court's 2002 Annual Report this morning. The Louisiana Supreme Court site is currently down, so I can't determine if the report is available online yet.

The Advocate story indicates that the 19th JDC (East Baton Rouge Parish) led state judicial districts in filings last year; however, it appears that the reporter failed to determine that the Orleans Civil and Criminal courts are district level courts as they were not ranked in the top four courts according to highest number of filings. Nonetheless, the First Circuit Court of Appeal received 996 appeals and the Fourth Circuit trailed with 809, so my suspicions might prove incorrect.

Posted by AJR at April 23, 2003 07:12 AM