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(three to five judges appointed by the governor) Dominic Augustin Hall 1813, Presiding Judge; Pierre Derbigny 1813–1820; George Mathews Jr. 1813–1836, Presiding Judge Francois Xavier Martin 1815–1836;
He was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1991 and the Louisiana Senate in 1993. [2] [4] He was elected judge of the First Circuit Court of Appeal in 1997 [2], and was sworn in as chief judge on January 1, 2023. [4] He is the first Black chief judge in the history of the court. [1]
The Supreme Court of Louisiana (French: Cour suprême de Louisiane; Spanish: Corte Suprema de Luisiana) is the highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The modern Supreme Court, composed of seven justices, meets in the French Quarter of New Orleans. The Supreme Court, and Louisiana state law, are historically based ...
The Supreme Court paused a chaotic legal fight over Louisiana’s congressional districts in a brief order Wednesday that will likely allow the state to use a map in this year’s election that ...
Officially reversing a controversial March ruling, Louisiana’s highest court Wednesday gave childhood victims of sexual abuse a renewed opportunity to file damage lawsuits. The state Supreme ...
John Louis Weimer III (born October 2, 1954) is an American judge who has served as the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana since 2021. [2] [3] Weimer received a Juris Doctor from Louisiana State University in 1980. In 1995, he was elected District Judge for the 17th Judicial District Court.
Retired Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Joseph Bleich has made a ruling in the lawsuit over the contested election results for Caddo Parish Sheriff. On Dec. 5, Bleich ruled that the results of the ...
It was reported by The Advocate that Cole is “the early favorite” to succeed Justice James T. Genovese on the Louisiana Supreme Court. [8] [4] He was endorsed by Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill who stated that Cole is "smart and hard-working, and he has the character and integrity we expect from members of our state’s highest court ...