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The state of Louisiana has 42 district courts, with each serving at least one parish. ... District Seats: Bossier Parish Courthouse , Webster ...
The Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal are the intermediate appellate courts for the state of Louisiana. There are five circuits, each covering a different group of parishes. [1] Each circuit is subdivided into three districts. [2] As with the Louisiana Supreme Court, the regular judicial terms on the courts of appeal are ten years.
from parts of Bienville Parish, Bossier Parish and Claiborne Parish. U.S. Secretary of State Daniel Webster: 35,238: 615 sq mi (1,593 km 2) West Baton Rouge Parish: 121: Port Allen: 1807: One of the original 19 parishes. Was named Baton Rouge Parish until 1812. French phrase bâton rouge meaning red stick.
The Clerk of Court is Mike Spence. Caddo Parish like all parishes in Louisiana utilizes Justices of the Peace and Constables particularly when civil suits below $5,000 or an eviction has been filed. Caddo Parish has the highest rate of death penalty convictions in the United States. [28]
Congress again abolished the Western District of Louisiana and reorganized Louisiana as a single judicial district on July 27, 1866, by 14 Stat. 300. [1] On March 3, 1881, by 21 Stat. 507, Louisiana was for a third time divided into Eastern and the Western Districts, with one judgeship authorized for each. [1]
(The Center Square) — Members of the Bossier City Council are under investigation by the district attorney’s office amid a public battle over term limits. Residents have petitioned for term ...
Louisiana was the last state to issue same-sex marriage licenses in 2015 after a landmark Supreme Court decision to allow same-sex marriage in all 50 U.S. states. Red River Parish was the final holdout of Louisiana's 64 parishes when it continued to deny marriage licenses after 63 other parishes began doing so in late June 2015.
Jeffrey Stephen Cox, known as Jeff Cox (born February 1965) [1] is a judge of the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit, based in Shreveport, Louisiana.. From November 2004 until December 31, 2016, he served as one of the six judges of the 26th Judicial District Court of Bossier and Webster parishes in northwestern Louisiana.