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The court's current selection method is partisan election.

Louisiana Court of Appeal / Joined 1953 / Active

James R. Dawkins

Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal

James R. Dawkins is a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal, serving since 1953. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1901 · age 125
Tenure: Since 1953 · 73 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1953	Louisiana Court of Appeal	–	–

Education

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Judicial Record

In our data, Dawkins authored 9 published opinions for the court (1962–1963). Most cited: D'Albora v. Garcia (20 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	D'Albora v. Garcia	144 So. 2d 911	20
1962	Williams v. Alphonse Mortgage Co.	144 So. 2d 600	16
1963	Rex Finance Company v. Cary	145 So. 2d 672	13
1962	Tucker v. New Orleans Laundries, Inc.	145 So. 2d 365	11
1962	City of New Orleans v. Di Benedetto	144 So. 2d 558	9
1962	Brooks v. Wiltz	144 So. 2d 413	9
1962	Lytell v. Lytell	144 So. 2d 925	8
1962	Cox v. Toye Bros. Yellow Cab Co.	144 So. 2d 448	7
1962	Loraso v. Custom Built Homes, Inc.	144 So. 2d 459	4

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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 is James R. Dawkins on?: James R. Dawkins is a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal.

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73 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).