Louisiana Supreme Court District 7
Recent News About Louisiana Supreme Court District 7
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Is Louisiana Attorney General's Use of Contingency Fee Lawyers Legal?
Landry The motivation of any outside legal counsel working on behalf of the state must be in line with the attorney general's sworn duty to protect and serve the people. The taxpayers and citizens of Louisiana deserve nothing less. -
Justice Johnson sues to block debate, vote over chief justice position
Johnson Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Bernette Johnson, in a lawsuit filed last week, argues she is next in line for the job of chief justice. -
Chief Justice of Louisiana Supreme Court to step down
Chief Justice Catherine "Kitty" Kimball NEW ORLEANS – The Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court has announced she will be stepping down. -
Former 24th Judicial District Judge recommended for disbarment
Joan Benge GRETNA – A former judge for the 24th Judicial District in Jefferson Parish has been recommended for disbarment on charges she maintained too close of a relationship with a plaintiff's attorney. -
Plaquemines Parish President Billy Nungesser and parish government sued by law firm
Nungesser A New Orleans-based law firm is suing a parish president for providing legal services that allegedly went unpaid. -
Disbarred attorney sued for reimbursement of disbarment proceedings
DONALDSONVILLE – An Ascension Parish attorney who was recently disbarred has been sued for reimbursement of filing fees related to his disbarment. -
Oil companies are ignoring environmental laws
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Class notices sent to motorists who paid red light camera fines
A Jefferson Parish District Court judge has ruled that all lawsuits brought against an Arizona company that runs the Parish's red light cameras will proceed as one class action. -
Law grad sues Louisiana Supreme Court for denying bar admission
An applicant for admission to the Louisiana bar has filed a lawsuit claiming his constitutional rights were violated after he was denied admission to the bar because of alcohol-related incidents which included two DWIs. -
Are Excessive Lawsuits Fueling Pain At The Pump?
Landry Next time you are filling up your gas tank, and feeling the pain at the pump, think about this: if the source of your gasoline is Louisiana onshore drilling, then every other time you fill your tank it comes from an oil producer that's probably been hit by a lawsuit and may have had to pay millions of dollars to get out of it. -
Class certification hearing set in New Orleans red light camera case
Rosenberg A suit against the City of New Orleans over its use of red-light cameras will undergo a special hearing for class certification May 16 in Orleans Parish Civil District Court. -
Property tax fee class action hearing continued for second time in a month
A hearing that would determine the fate of a possible class action against the City of New Orleans has been continued for the second time in a month, this time without date. -
Hearing in class action challenging New Orleans property tax fees continued
A hearing in Orleans Parish Civil District Court that would determine the fate of a possible class action against the City of New Orleans has been continued to April 15. -
Supreme Court overturns lower court decision in favor of teen who rode oil pump
The Louisiana Supreme Court has overturned a lower court ruling in favor of a teenage boy who was injured while riding an oil pump, exonerating the pump manufacture of any blame. -
Red light camera suit reassigned to fourth judge in Orleans Parish
A class action suit against the city of New Orleans has been reassigned to its fourth judge and now waits for conference dates to be set in Orleans Parish Civil District Court. -
Supreme Court rejects work comp claim
Louisiana Supreme Court Justices rejected a workers' compensation claim because they didn't believe the worker's story. -
SC creates panel to simplify jury instructions; Orleans Parish judge named to committee
Baxter Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Catherine Kimball has appointed Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Rosemary Ledet to a panel tasked with simplifying jury instructions in civil suits, according to a press release issued last week. -
Trial against OPSB continued until May
A jury trial pitting former employees of the Orleans Parish School Board (OPSB) against the school board in Orleans Parish Civil District Court has been continued until May because of an undisclosed attorney conflict. -
Supreme Court disbars Crowley lawyer
Louisiana Supreme Court Justices disbarred Wade Richard of Crowley, who hit his father and forged a magnetic resonance image for a drug buyer. -
Judge dissolves injunction against New Orleans traffic cameras
Orleans Parish Civil District Court Judge Paulette Irons rescinded an Oct. 1 injunction that had stopped the city from collecting tickets from traffic cameras.