RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 658 (SB 273) 2018 Regular Session Milkovich
New law adds in Code of Civil Procedure that assignment of appellate panels shall be in
accordance with the provisions of R.S. 13:319.
Prior law, relative to assignment and allotment of cases, provided in R.S. 13:319 that each
civil and criminal proceeding and each application for writs shall be randomly assigned by
the clerk, subject to the direct supervision of the court. New law changes "proceeding" to
"appeal" and retains remainder of prior law.
Effective August 1, 2018.
(Amends R.S. 13:319; adds C.C.P. Art. 2164.1)