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 1947 / Served to 1948

Nathaniel W. Bond

Justice, Supreme Court of Louisiana

Nathaniel W. Bond was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, who joined the court in 1947. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Lived: 1892–1948
Tenure: 1947–1948

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1947	Supreme Court of Louisiana	–	–

Education

Tulane University of Louisiana

Judicial Record

In our data, Bond authored 11 published opinions for the court (1947–1948), plus 2 dissents. Most cited: Reagor v. First Nat. Life Ins. Co. (28 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
1948	Reagor v. First Nat. Life Ins. Co.· Dissent	33 So. 2d 521	28
1947	St. Martin Parish Police Jury v. Iberville Parish Police Jury· Separate	33 So. 2d 671	27
1947	Heatwole v. Stansbury	33 So. 2d 196	23
1948	State Ex Rel. Graham v. Garrard· Dissent	34 So. 2d 792	15
1948	State v. Trahan	36 So. 2d 652	14
1948	Washington v. Palmer	34 So. 2d 382	11
1948	Moser v. Moser	34 So. 2d 782	7
1947	Board of Com'rs v. Trouille	31 So. 2d 700	7
1948	Dresser v. Recreation & Park Commission of Parish	34 So. 2d 384	5
1948	Tropoli v. Paulson	34 So. 2d 370	2
1947	State v. Habighorst.	33 So. 2d 411	1
1947	Brown v. Mathieson Alkali Works, Inc.	33 So. 2d 200	1
1947	Hingle v. Plaquemines Parish Democratic Executive Committee	33 So. 2d 203	1
1948	State v. Calloway	34 So. 2d 399	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 Nathaniel W. Bond on?: Nathaniel W. Bond was a Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

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Joined the court in 1947. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).