-
A federal judge is set to hold a hearing in the dispute over who will to be the next chief justice of Louisiana's Supreme Court.Louisiana's constitution…
-
It's decision-time for anyone still on the fence about jumping into a race for Louisiana's Nov. 6 election.Candidates must file paperwork this week if…
-
At stake is whether Louisiana will now have its first African-American chief justice. Justice Bernette Johnson was elected in 1994 to a special seat created to remedy racial disparities. Now, there's a conflict over whether she is actually the longest-serving justice, and therefore entitled to be the chief.
-
Fifteen New Orleans-area elected officials have told Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Katherine Kimball that she should take steps to ensure that…
-
Attorney Mary Whitney has been selected to serve as special counsel for the Louisiana Judiciary Commission.The nine-member commission reviews allegations…
-
The Louisiana Supreme Court is giving its justices an extra month to weigh in on a debate over naming the court's next chief justice.Chief Justice…
-
A federal judge has scheduled a status conference to discuss a Louisiana Supreme Court justice's bid to block her colleagues from debating and voting on…
-
Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Catherine "Kitty" Kimball says the state's code of judicial conduct prohibits her from meeting with a group of…
-
Several black Louisiana elected officials are asking the Justice Department's civil rights division to intervene in a dispute over whether state Supreme…
-
Three federal judges in New Orleans have recused themselves from presiding over Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Bernette Johnson's lawsuit seeking to…