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Her honor Bernette J. Johnson was sworn in as Louisiana's first African American chief justice Friday morning. Johnson was only able to take her seat
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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…
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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.
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Fifteen New Orleans-area elected officials have told Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Katherine Kimball that she should take steps to ensure that…
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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…
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Several black Louisiana elected officials are asking the Justice Department's civil rights division to intervene in a dispute over whether state Supreme…