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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 ...
A justice of the peace in Taos County, New Mexico, United States, hears a case (1941). A justice of the peace (JP) is a judicial officer of a lower court, elected or appointed by means of a commission (letters patent) to keep the peace. In past centuries the term commissioner of the peace was often used with the same meaning.
(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
Justice Jeffrey Victory, who was elected to the Supreme Court in 1995, contested Johnson's elevation to Chief Justice, arguing that she only became a full-fledged Supreme Court justice in 2000, when Johnson was first elected to fill a permanent seat on the Court. [4] Justice Johnson filed a federal lawsuit in the matter on July 5, 2012. [7]
Chief justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court (14 P) Pages in category "Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court" The following 119 pages are in this category, out of 119 total.
The office of attorney general of Louisiana (French: Procureur général de la Louisiane) has existed since the colonial period. Under Article IV, Section 8 of the Constitution of Louisiana, the attorney general is elected statewide for a four-year term and is the chief legal officer of the state. Additionally, "the attorney general shall have ...
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 ...
Bardwell, who had another five years in what he had said would be his last term as a justice of the peace, [19] resigned his post on November 3. [20] Bardwell's resignation was a one-sentence statement to Louisiana Secretary of State Jay Dardenne. Bardwell offered no explicit explanation and did not immediately respond to requests for elaboration.