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 1990 / Active

Mary Ann Vial Lemmon

Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal

Mary Ann Vial Lemmon is a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal, serving since 1990. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1941 · age 85
Tenure: Since 1990 · 36 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1990	Louisiana Court of Appeal	–	–

Education

Loyola University New Orleans

Judicial Record

In our data, Lemmon authored 1 published opinion for the court (1990), plus 2 dissents. Most cited: Polk Chevrolet, Inc. v. Webb (22 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. 3 of these were attributed to Lemmon by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
1990	Polk Chevrolet, Inc. v. Webb· Dissent†	572 So. 2d 1112	22
1990	Russell v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.· Dissent†	572 So. 2d 1093	2
1990	McCorkle v. Eltek, Inc.†	572 So. 2d 215	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 is Mary Ann Vial Lemmon on?: Mary Ann Vial Lemmon is a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal.

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36 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).