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 1950 / Served to 1966

P Davis Martinez

Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal

P Davis Martinez was a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1950. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1900 · age 126
Tenure: 1950–1966 · 16 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1950	Louisiana Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Martinez authored 1 published opinion for the court (1962). Most cited: Ellois v. Ellois (11 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	Ellois v. Ellois	145 So. 2d 123	11

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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 P Davis Martinez on?: P Davis Martinez was a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal.

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16 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).