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 1941 / Served to 1947

Joseph A. Loret

Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal

Joseph A. Loret was a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1941. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1941–1947 · 6 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1941	Louisiana Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Loret authored 4 published opinions for the court (1941–1947). Most cited: Russo v. Aucoin (32 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
1942	Russo v. Aucoin	7 So. 2d 744	32
1941	Riche v. Ascension Parish School Board	200 So. 681	20
1941	Sims v. Matassa	200 So. 666	14
1947	Gilmore v. George W. Garig Transfer	33 So. 2d 99	13

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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 Joseph A. Loret on?: Joseph A. Loret was a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal.

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6 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).