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 2003 / Served to 2011

Herbert A. Cade

Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal

Herbert A. Cade was a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 2003. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 2003–2011 · 8 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2003	Louisiana Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Cade authored 2 published opinions for the court (1987). Most cited: State v. Hymes (11 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
1987	State v. Hymes	513 So. 2d 371	11
1987	State v. Bertram	511 So. 2d 1171	8

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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 Herbert A. Cade on?: Herbert A. Cade was a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal.

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8 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).