There are no general dockets for the first two years of the court. The single extant volume begins with docket #26318 and ends with #27714. The remainder of the book includes entries for state tax suits in 1878 (#1-826), beyond the time period of Superior District Court's existence, so probably for suits filed in Third District Court.

The general docket is typical of such records for Orleans Parish civil courts. The general dockets are arranged in numerical order by docket number. Each page is divided into rectangular sections so that one docket entry appears in each section. At the head of each entry is the docket number, names of the plaintiff(s) and defendant(s) in the suit, date of initial filing, the name(s) of the attorney(s) representing the parties to the suit, and in some instances a brief note as to the type of suit. Beneath the heading is a dated list of the actions taken in the suit (e.g., petitions, answers, orders, documents filed, copies made, record withdrawn, judgments, etc.), along with the court costs incurred for each action.

The state tax suit entries, again unrelated to Superior District Court, include suit number, name of defendant, and date filed (not included in the later entries). No additional information is included in these entries.