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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
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 ...
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.
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 .
The state Supreme Court's 5-2 ruling Wednesday upholds a so-called look-back law that was passed in 2021 and amended in 2022. ... according to the Supreme Court record. Louisiana Attorney General ...
The Judiciary of Louisiana is defined under the Constitution and law of Louisiana and is composed of the Louisiana Supreme Court, the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal, the District Courts, the Justice of the Peace Courts, the Mayor's Courts, the City Courts, and the Parish Courts. The Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court is the chief ...
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]