1879 Jul. 23 Creation of the Court of Appeal in and for the Parish of Orleans
1921 Jun. 18 Attached to the Court of Appeal for the Parish of Orleans.
1958 Dec. 9 Attached to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeal
1975 Sep. 12 Attached to the 4th Circuit Court of Appeal
1982 Jul. 1 Attached to the 1st district of the 4th circuit
1992 Jun. 25 Unchanged
1992 Jul. 14 Unchanged
2007 Oct. 31 Unchanged
2009 Jan. 1 Unchanged
2009 Jan. 25 Unchanged
1807 Mar. 31 Created and attached to the 1st Superior Court District.
1813 Feb. 10 Attached to the 1st J.D.
1846 May 15 Attached to the 1st J.D.
1853 Apr. 12 Attached to the 1st J.D.
1860 Mar. 13 Attached to the 1st J.D.
1876 Mar. 18 The 6th and 7th Municipal Districts of Orleans Parish attached to the 2nd J.D.
1877 Apr. 20 Above act repealed.
The Parish of Orleans was regularly "excepted" from the listing of judicial circuits, until 2006 was legislation was passed to unify the civil and criminal courts and form the 41st J.D.
"It is the intent of the legislature that there be one district court for the parish of Orleans - the Forty-First Judicial District Court. The consolidation of the civil, criminal, and juvenile courts of the parish of Orleans into one Forty-First Judicial District Court is required for judicial efficiency and the timely administration of justice and will ultimately provide financial stability for all of the courts."
2009 Jan. 1 Orleans Parish shall compose the Forty-First District.
However, the merger did not happen. In 2012 the legislature gave up, with ACT No. 474.
2012 Aug. 1 "(A) Act No. 621 of the 2006 Regular Session of the Legislature was enacted by the Louisiana Legislature to reorganize and consolidate the structure of the judiciary in Orleans Parish. Many of the goals of the reorganization and consolidation have been accomplished, including the merger of the civil sheriff and the criminal sheriff into one office, and the merger of the functions of recorder of mortgages, register of conveyances, and the custodian of notarial records into the functions of the civil clerk's office. Act No. 621 of the 2006 Regular Session of the Legislature contained an effective date of January 1, 2009, to provide additional time for other aspects of the consolidation to take place, including the merger of the Orleans Civil and Criminal District Court and the Orleans Juvenile Court into the Forty-First Judicial District Court, and the merger of the offices of the clerk of each of those courts into one clerk's office.
(B) Subsequent Acts of the legislature extended the effective date of certain aspects of the consolidation to December 31, 2014. Despite the efforts made to accomplish the consolidation and reorganization, the complexity of the issues involved prevented such a reorganization. Therefore, it is the intent of this legislature that the Forty-First Judicial District Court shall not come into existence and existing structures of the Orleans Parish judiciary system relative to the Civil District Court, Criminal District Court, and Juvenile Court prior to Act 621 of the 2006 Regular Session of the Legislature and subsequent Acts of the legislature should remain in effect.
There shall be forty forty-one judicial districts in the state and each district shall be composed as follows:
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(B) (1) Sections 6, 8, 9, 22, and 31 of Act No. 621 of the 2006 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature as amended by Act No. 873 of the 2008 Regular Session of the Legislature are hereby repealed in their entirety.
Orleans County
1812 Apr. 30 Attached to the Western District Supreme Court.
Orleans Parish
1852 Nov. 1 Attached to the 1st and 2nd Supreme Court Districts.
1866 Mar. 13 Attached to the 1st and 2nd Supreme Court Districts.
1879 Jul. 23 Attached to the 1st district.
1898 May 12 Attached to the 1st district.
1913 Nov. 22 Attached to the 1st district.
1921 Jun. 18 Attached to the 1st district.
1977 Sep. 9 Attached to the 1st district.
1999 Jan. 1 Precincts 3-20, 4-8, 4-9, 4-10, 4-10A, 4-11, 4-14, 4-14A, 4-15, 4-16, 4-16A, 4-17, 4-17A, 4-18, 4-18A, 4-19, 4-20, 4-20A, 4-21, 4-21A, 4-22, 4-23, 5-13, 5-14, 5-15, 5-16, 5-17, 5-18, 17-17, 17-18, 17-18A, 17-18B, 17-19, 17-19A, 17-20, and 17-21 of Orleans Parish are attached to the 1st district.
Precincts 1-1, 1-2, 1-5, 1-6, 1-7, 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-4, 2-6, 2-6A, 2-7, 3-1, 3-3, 3-5, 3-8, 3-9, 3-10, 3-12, 3-14, 3-15, 3-16, 3-18, 3-19, 4-2, 4-3, 4-4, 4-5, 4-6, 4-7, 5-1, 5-2, 5-3, 5-4, 5-5, 5-6, 5-7, 5-8, 5-9, 5-10, 5-11, 5-12, 6-1, 6-2, 6-4, 6-5, 6-6, 6-7, 6-8, 6-9, 7-1, 7-2, 7-4, 7-4A, 7-5, 7-6, 7-7, 7-8, 7-9, 7-9A, 7-10, 7-11, 7-12, 7-13, 7-14, 7-15, 7-16, 7-17, 7-18, 7-19, 7-20, 7-20A, 7-21, 7-22, 7-23, 7-24, 7-25, 7-25A, 7-26, 7-26A, 7-27, 7-27A, 7-27B, 7-28, 7-28A, 7-29, 7-30, 7-31, 7-32, 7-33, 7-33A, 7-34, 7-35, 7-36, 7-36A, 7-37, 7-37A, 7-38A, 7-39, 7-40, 7-41, 7-42, 8-1, 8-2, 8-4, 8-6, 8-7, 8-8, 8-9, 8-10, 8-11, 8-12, 8-13, 8-14, 8-15, 8-16, 8-17, 8-18, 8-19, 8-20, 8-21, 8-22, 8-23, 8-24, 8-25, 8-25A, 8-26, 8-26A, 8-27, 8-27A, 8-28, 8-29, 8-30, 9-1, 9-2, 9-3, 9-3A, 9-3B, 9-4, 9-5, 9-5A, 9-6B, 9-6C, 9-6D, 9-6E, 9-6F, 9-7, 9-8, 9-8A, 9-8B, 9-9, 9-10, 9-11, 9-12, 9-13, 9-14, 9-15, 9-16, 9-17, 9-18, 9-19, 9-21, 9-22, 9-23, 9-24, 9-25, 9-25A, 9-26, 9-26A, 9-27, 9-28, 9-28A, 9-28B, 9-28C, 9-28D, 9-28E, 9-28F, 9-29, 9-29A, 9-30, 9-30A, 9-31, 9-31A, 9-31B, 9-31C, 9-31D, 9-31E, 9-32, 9-33, 9-33A, 9-34, 9-34A, 9-35, 9-35A, 9-36, 9-36A, 9-36B, 9-36C, 9-37, 9-37A, 9-38, 9-38A, 9-38B, 9-39, 9-39A, 9-39B, 9-40, 9-40A, 9-40B, 9-40C, 9-41, 9-41A, 9-41B, 9-41C, 9-41D, 9-42, 9-42A, 9-42B, 9-42C, 9-42D, 9-42E, 9-43A, 9-43B, 9-43C, 9-43D, 9-43E, 9-43F, 9-43G, 9-43H, 9-43I, 9-43J, 9-43K, 9-43L, 9-43M, 9-43N, 9-44, 9-44A, 9-44B, 9-44D, 9-44E, 9-44F, 9-44G, 9-44I, 9-44J, 9-44L, 9-44M, 9-44N, 9-44O, 9-44P, 9-44Q, 9-45, 9-45A, 10-3, 10-5, 10-6, 10-7, 10-8, 10-9, 10-11, 10-12, 10-13, 10-14, 11-2, 11-3, 11-4, 11-5, 11-8, 11-9, 11-10, 11-11, 11-12, 11-13, 11-14, 11-15, 11-16, 11-17, 11-18, 11-19, 12-1, 12-2, 12-3, 12-4, 12-5, 12-6, 12-7, 12-8, 12-9, 12-10, 12-11, 12-12, 12-13, 12-14, 12-15, 12-16, 12-17, 12-18, 12-19, 12-20, 13-1, 13-2, 13-3, 13-4, 13-5, 13-6, 13-7, 13-8, 13-9, 13-10, 13-11, 13-12, 13-13, 13-14, 13-14A, 13-15, 13-16, 14-1, 14-2, 14-3, 14-4, 14-5, 14-6, 14-7, 14-8, 14-9, 14-10, 14-11, 14-12, 14-13, 14-13A, 14-14, 14-15, 14-16, 14-17, 14-18A, 14-19, 14-20, 14-21, 14-22, 14-23, 14-24A, 14-25, 14-26, 15-1, 15-2, 15-3, 15-5, 15-6, 15-8, 15-9, 15-10, 15-11, 15-12, 15-12A, 15-13, 15-13A, 15-13B, 15-14, 15-14A, 15-14B, 15-14C, 15-14D, 15-14E, 15-14F, 15-14G, 15-15, 15-15A, 15-15B, 15-16, 15-17, 15-17A, 15-17B, 15-18, 15-18A, 15-18B, 15-18C, 15-18D, 15-18E, 15-18F, 15-19, 15-19A, 15-19B, 15-19C, 16-1, 16-1A, 16-2, 16-3, 16-4, 16-5, 16-6, 16-7, 16-8, 16-9, 17-1, 17-2, 17-3, 17-4, 17-5, 17-6, 17-7, 17-8, 17-9, 17-10, 17-11, 17-12, 17-13, 17-13A, 17-14, 17-15, and 17-16 of Orleans Parish are attached to the 7th district.
