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 1963

Rainold Hoc

Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal

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

Tenure: 1950–1963 · 13 yrs

Judicial service

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

Judicial Record

In our data, Hoc authored 4 published opinions for the court (1952–1961). Most cited: LaFleur v. Sylvester (23 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
1961	LaFleur v. Sylvester	135 So. 2d 91	23
1952	Serpas v. Margiotta	59 So. 2d 492	15
1952	State Ex Rel. Prats v. City Planning & Zoning Com'n	59 So. 2d 832	5
1952	Cavalier v. Original Club Forest	59 So. 2d 489	4

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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 Rainold Hoc on?: Rainold Hoc was a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal.

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13 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).