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Nannette V. Brown (née Jolivette; born November 19, 1963) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. She previously served in the role of city attorney for the city of New Orleans from the time that Mayor Mitch Landrieu hired her in May 2010 until becoming a federal ...
Current Judges [7] [8]; Title Name Section Division Type Duty Station Party Term District Judge: C. Wendell Manning: 1: F: Civil: Morehouse Parish, Ouachita Parish: Republican: 2003- District Judge
The Supreme Court of Louisiana is the highest court and court of last resort.It is composed of seven justices and meets in the French Quarter of New Orleans.. The Court has original jurisdiction over matters arising from disciplinary matters involving the bench and bar. [1]
(The Center Square) — The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the state’s authority to clear unauthorized homeless encampments from public property, dissolving a lower court’s ...
In 1936, the Louisiana Legislature passed the Housing Authority Act, allowing for the creation of the Housing Authority of New Orleans and paving the way for the city to participate in the national low-rent housing program. Some of the first developments broke ground between 1938 and 1940 over slums and old stores in the Tremé and Uptown area ...
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (in case citations, E.D. La.) is a United States federal court based in New Orleans.. Appeals from the Eastern District of Louisiana are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to the Federal ...
A court of appeal also has supervisory jurisdiction to review interlocutory orders and decrees in cases which are heard in the trial courts within their geographical circuits. One unique feature of the Courts of Appeal of Louisiana is that they are able to review questions of fact, as well as questions of law, in civil cases.
(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; Alexander Porter 1821–1833; Henry Adams Bullard 1834–1839; Francois Xavier Martin 1836–1846, Presiding Judge; Henry Carleton 1837–1839