Judge Stephen A. Higginson Profile

Judge Stephen A. Higginson

600 Camp Street, New Orleans, LA 70130

Appeals court reverses summary judgment denial, backs mental patient's doctors at state facility

By Mary Ann Magnell | Tuesday, Aug 28, 2018 @ 12:58pm

BATON ROUGE — A federal appeals court reversed a denial of summary judgment Aug. 16 in a case involving a patient at Eastern Louisiana Mental Health System (ELMHS) and rendered judgment in favor of the patient’s doctors.
Teen's excessive-force claim against Opelousas, officer sent back to district court

By Karen Kidd | Monday, Apr 16, 2018 @ 1:11pm

NEW ORLEANS — A teenager's excessive-force claim against the city of Opelousas and one of its police officers is headed back to district court after an appeals court vacated parts of a summary judgment in the case over the teen's arrest in 2015.
Appeals court declines to revive 11-year-old civil rights case against St. Tammany Sheriff's Office

By Karen Kidd | Thursday, Mar 29, 2018 @ 5:08pm

A federal appeals court recently declined to revive an 11-year-old civil rights lawsuit of a longtime fugitive who claimed he'd been beaten while handcuffed by St. Tammany Parish sheriff's deputies during a traffic stop in 2006.
Fifth Circuit says plaintiffs' claims barred in suit linking Katrina to global warming

By Elizabeth Young | Wednesday, May 22, 2013 @ 4:35pm

NEW ORLEANS – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has issued its final ruling in a global warming suit that for numerous years has sought to connect Hurricane Katrina to global warming.