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James L. Dennis
Senior Status
● New Orleans, LA
Appointed October 2, 1995
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Senior Status December 16, 2022
217
Cases Heard
37 sittings
10
Majority Opinions
10 with known outcome
5
Dissents
+ 1 concurrence & dissent
2
Concurrences
30%
Opinions Affirming
3 affirmances · 7 reversals
215
Avg Days to Opinion
Median: 146 days · 10 opinions
Sittings
Dates
Cases
Oct 7–9, 2025
8
Sep 2–5, 2025
13
Jul 10, 2025
1
Jun 2–4, 2025
9
Apr 28–30, 2025
8
Mar 31, 2025 – Apr 2, 2025
6
Jan 23, 2025
1
Jan 6–8, 2025
8
Dec 9, 2024
1
Nov 4–6, 2024
8
Oct 16, 2024
1
Oct 7–9, 2024
9
Jun 3–5, 2024
7
Apr 29, 2024 – May 1, 2024
8
Mar 4–5, 2024
5
Oct 2–4, 2023
8
Sep 5–6, 2023
6
Jun 5–7, 2023
9
May 3–4, 2023
5
Mar 30, 2023
1
Mar 6–7, 2023
4
Feb 6–8, 2023
9
Dec 8, 2022
3
Dec 5–7, 2022
7
Aug 29, 2022 – Sep 1, 2022
18
Jul 19, 2022
1
May 9–12, 2022
10
May 9, 2022
1
May 11, 2022
1
Mar 7–9, 2022
9
Feb 23, 2022
1
Feb 3, 2022
2
Jan 31, 2022 – Feb 2, 2022
9
Jan 6, 2022
1
Dec 8, 2021
0
Dec 6–9, 2021
8
Oct 5–7, 2021
11