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Supreme Court presents new weighted caseload study as lawmakers press for apples‑to‑apples comparisons
Summary
Chief Justice John Wiemer presented a new weighted caseload (work point) study showing high participation (100% appellate, 96% district) and case weights that reflect time‑intensive matters. Legislators raised concerns about geographic disparities in filings and judge distribution and asked for district‑level analyses.
The Joint Budget Committee received a presentation and extensive discussion on a new weighted caseload study for Louisiana’s judiciary on Feb. 3.
Chief Justice John Wiemer described the study’s methodology — a time‑log approach developed with the National Center for State Courts in which judges tracked working time (district judges for five weeks, appellate judges for eight weeks) that was aggregated into case weights. Wiemer said participation exceeded the National Center’s validity thresholds: “There was 100% participation by the Court of Appeal judges,” and “for the district court judges, a 96% participation,” giving the study a high validity standard.
Wiemer explained the study is intended to provide objective information about judge…
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