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 1944 / Served to 1945

Richard Kilbourne

Judge, Louisiana Court of Appeal

Richard Kilbourne was a Judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal, who joined the court in 1944. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: 1944–1945 · 1 yr

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
1944	Louisiana Court of Appeal	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Kilbourne authored 2 published opinions for the court (1944–1945). Most cited: Lunkin v. Triangle Farms (20 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
1945	Lunkin v. Triangle Farms	24 So. 2d 213	20
1944	Lunkin v. Triangle Farms	19 So. 2d 345	2

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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 Richard Kilbourne on?: Richard Kilbourne 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).