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 2015 / Active

Scott J. Crichton

Justice, Supreme Court of Louisiana

Scott J. Crichton is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, serving since 2015. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1954 · age 72
Tenure: Since 2015 · 11 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2015	Supreme Court of Louisiana	–	–

Education

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

Judicial Record

In our data, Crichton authored 120 published opinions for the court (2015–2024), plus 42 dissents and 138 concurrences. Most cited: State of Louisiana v. Joseph Taylor (84 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. 279 of these were attributed to Crichton by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2016	State of Louisiana v. Joseph Taylor· Concurrence†	217 So. 3d 283	84
2016	State v. Montgomery· Concurrence†	194 So. 3d 606	66
2018	Kerry Maggio v. James Parker The Sandwich Kings, LLC (d/B/A Jimmy John's) Republic-Vanguard Insurance Company And Metropolitan Property and Casualty Insurance Company	250 So. 3d 874	58
2016	Pierce Foundations, Inc. v. Jaroy Construction, Inc.†	190 So. 3d 298	56
2016	Tracie F. v. Francisco D.· Concurrence†	188 So. 3d 231	55
2015	Clyde Snider, Jr., Et Ux v. Louisiana Medical Mutual Insurance Company· Concurrence†	169 So. 3d 319	52
2015	State of Louisiana v. Jessie M. Griffin, II	180 So. 3d 1262	45
2015	Reynolds v. Bordelon· Concurrence†	172 So. 3d 589	41
2016	State of Louisiana v. Ashaki Okung Kelly· Concurrence†	195 So. 3d 449	39
2016	Richard Dupuy and His Wife, Melissa Dupuy v. Nmc Operating Company, L.L.C. D/B/A the Spine Hospital of Louisiana, Formerly, the Neuromedical Center Hospital	187 So. 3d 436	35
2016	Michael Dunn and the Class of Similarly Situated Persons, Kenner Fire Fighters Association Local 1427 Iaff v. City of Kenner	187 So. 3d 404	32
2016	State of Louisiana v. Dominick Sims†	195 So. 3d 441	30
2016	State of Louisiana v. Jeffrey Clark· Concurrence†	220 So. 3d 583	27
2017	Successions of Toney· Concurrence†	226 So. 3d 397	24
2016	State of Louisiana v. Rodricus C. Crawford· Dissent†	218 So. 3d 13	24

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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 is Scott J. Crichton on?: Scott J. Crichton is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana.

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11 years on the Supreme Court of Louisiana. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).