How do judges of the Louisiana Court of Appeal reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is partisan election.

Louisiana Court of Appeal / Joined 1960 / Served to 1978

Enos C. McClendon Jr.

Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal

Enos C. McClendon Jr. was a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1960. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1917–2003
Tenure: 1960–1978 · 18 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1960	Louisiana Court of Appeal	–	–

Education

Tulane University of Louisiana
Tulane University of Louisiana

Judicial Record

In our data, McClendon authored 62 published opinions for the court (1962–2011). Most cited: Bush v. Bush (18 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1962	Bush v. Bush	144 So. 2d 119	18
1980	Gipson v. Gipson	379 So. 2d 1171	12
1962	Gurtler, Hebert & Co. v. Marquette Casualty Company	145 So. 2d 145	12
1979	Smith v. Burden Const. Co.	379 So. 2d 1133	10
1980	LaCroix v. Cook	383 So. 2d 59	9
1962	Pace v. Pace	144 So. 2d 195	9
1980	Smith v. Burden Const. Co.	379 So. 2d 1135	6
1962	Denies v. First National Life Insurance Company	144 So. 2d 570	5
1962	Succession of McLellan	144 So. 2d 291	5
1984	State v. Orlando	456 So. 2d 1021	4
1984	Mason v. Coen	449 So. 2d 1195	4
1980	Auger v. Auger	381 So. 2d 879	3
2008	State v. Franklin	994 So. 2d 155	1
2006	State v. Guillory	937 So. 2d 935	1
1984	Harrelson v. Hogan	451 So. 2d 592	1

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Louisiana Court of Appeal reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is partisan election.
Which court was Enos C. McClendon Jr. on?: Enos C. McClendon Jr. was a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal.

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18 years on the Louisiana Court of Appeal. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).