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 1942 / Served to 1943

Payne Breazeale

Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal

Payne Breazeale was a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1942. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1942–1943 · 1 yr

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1942	Louisiana Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Breazeale authored 3 published opinions for the court (1942–1943). Most cited: Mathews v. Louisiana Industrial Life Ins. Co. (4 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	Mathews v. Louisiana Industrial Life Ins. Co.	11 So. 2d 80	4
1942	Boyd v. American Mut. Liability Co.	11 So. 2d 102	2
1943	Matthews v. Louisiana Industrial Life Ins. Co.	15 So. 2d 548	0

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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 Payne Breazeale on?: Payne Breazeale was a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal.

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1 year 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).