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Louisiana judicial system

The structure of the Louisiana judicial system is laid out in Article V of the state Constitution. The state court system is made up of the Louisiana Supreme Court, Louisiana Courts of Appeal, the Louisiana District Courts, the Louisiana Family Courts, the Louisiana Juvenile Courts, the Louisiana Parish Courts, the Louisiana City Courts, the Louisiana Municipal Courts, the Louisiana Justice of the Peace Courts and the Louisiana Mayor’s Courts.

The federal court system is made up of the Eastern District of Louisiana, the Western District of Louisiana and Middle District of Louisiana. These courts are part of the Fifth Circuit.

Louisiana judicial news Federal Courts, Empty Benches: The Wednesday Vacancy Count 5/15/2013 By Joshua Meyer-Gutbrod For a District by District break down, see: Federal Court Vacancy Warning System The vacancy warning level for the U.S. Federal courts is currently set at Blue. There were two new confirmations this past week, leaving the final tally at 82 vacancies or approximately 9.6% of the total Article III posts currently unfilled. The vacancy information for the various court levels is as follows: Key: (Numbers indicate % of seats vacant.) 0% 0%-10% 10%-25% 25%-40% More than 40% Supreme Court 0% or no vacancies Appeals Courts 8.9% or 16 vacancies District Courts 9.7% or 66 vacancies There are currently 9 Supreme Court posts, 179 appellate court posts and 680 district court posts for a total of 868 Article III judges. This count includes four temporary posts, one each in the Northern District of Alabama, District of Arizona, Southern District of Florida and the Central District of California. This also includes two shared post between the two Missouri districts and the two Kentucky districts, which count as two posts with separate vacancies. ...more Louisiana news Louisiana courts Louisiana courts: Courts in Louisiana State appellate courts: Supreme Court Circuit Courts of Appeal State trial courts: District Courts Louisiana Family Courts Louisiana Juvenile Courts Louisiana Parish Courts Louisiana City Courts Louisiana Municipal Courts Louisiana Traffic Courts Louisiana Justice of the Peace Courts Louisiana Mayor’s Courts Louisiana Magistrate Courts Counties: Louisiana parishes Federal courts: Fifth Circuit Eastern District of Louisiana Western District of Louisiana Middle District of Louisiana Federal bankruptcy courts: United States bankruptcy court, Eastern District of Louisiana United States bankruptcy court, Western District of Louisiana United States bankruptcy court, Western District of Louisiana How are judges selected in Louisiana? Judicial selection in Louisiana Louisiana judicial elections, 2012 Laws and history Article V, Louisiana Constitution Media and activism Louisiana blogs Judicial reform organizations

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Portions of this article were taken from Sunshine Review under the GNU license.