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

The court's current selection method is partisan election.

Supreme Court of Louisiana / Joined 1949 / Served to 1949

J. Cleveland Fruge

Justice, Supreme Court of Louisiana

J. Cleveland Fruge was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, who joined the court in 1949. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1890 · age 136
Tenure: 1949–1949

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1949	Supreme Court of Louisiana	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Fruge authored 8 published opinions for the court (1949–1954). Most cited: State v. Simpson (63 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
1949	State v. Simpson	43 So. 2d 585	63
1949	State v. Williams	43 So. 2d 780	15
1949	Bordelon v. Crabtree	43 So. 2d 682	10
1949	Red River Cotton Oil Co. v. Texas & P. Ry. Co.	44 So. 2d 101	6
1954	Succession of Prejean	71 So. 2d 328	4
1949	Angelette v. Hardie	43 So. 2d 794	3
1949	Garnier v. Racivitch	43 So. 2d 595	2
1949	Pugh v. Pugh	43 So. 2d 594	0

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Questions & answers

How do judges of the Supreme Court of Louisiana reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is partisan election.
Which court was J. Cleveland Fruge on?: J. Cleveland Fruge was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

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Joined the court in 1949. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).