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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]
(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;
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 ...
(Photo Credit: Louisiana Supreme Court) Judge Harris is a native of Louisiana and got her bachelors’s degree and Juris doctor from Southern University, a public HBCU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
The Louisiana Supreme Court issued a writ last week dismissing the First Baptist Church in Bossier City as a defendant itself but suggested the plaintiffs instead target individual leaders.
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 ...
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 ...
Louisiana law clearly allows for a new election to be ordered when the outcome of an election cannot be determined. Judge Bleich pointed to 11 defective votes, which obviously exceed Chief ...