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(four associate justices and one chief justice appointed by the governor for 8 year terms) William B. Hyman 1865–1868, Chief Justice; Zenon Labauve Jr. 1865–1868; Justice Edward Douglass White, who later became Chief Justice of the United States. Rufus K. Howell 1865–1877; John Henry Ilsley 1865–1868; Robert Byron Jones 1865–1866
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 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]
Bernette Joshua Johnson (born June 17, 1943) [1] is an American lawyer from New Orleans, who served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 2013 to 2020. [ 2 ] She is the first African American to serve in this position, and succeeded Catherine D. Kimball .
Scott Jackson Crichton (born June 1, 1954) [1] is an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. He was a judge of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court in Shreveport from 1991 to 2014. Crichton was elected to the district court in 1990 as a Democrat. In 2014, he ran without opposition [2] to succeed the retiring Justice Jeffrey P ...
John Louis Weimer III (born October 2, 1954) is an American judge who has served as the chief justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court 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.
Louisiana State University (BA, JD) William J. Crain (born 1961 or 1962) is an American lawyer who has served an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court since 2019. [ 1 ]
Catherine D. (Kitty) Kimball (born February 7, 1945) [1] is the retired Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court. [2] She was also the first woman elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court, in 1992. Before that, in 1983, she was the first female judge in the 18th Judicial District. [3] [4]