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The Supreme Court of Louisiana and Its Chief Justices

Billings, W M

Law Library Journal, 1997-10, Vol.89 (4), p.449-572 [Periódico revisado por pares]

American Association of Law Libraries Law Library Journal

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  • Título:
    The Supreme Court of Louisiana and Its Chief Justices
  • Autor: Billings, W M
  • Assuntos: appertaining ; Biographies ; Chief justices ; civil procedure ; collectively ; commissioned ; commissions ; confidence ; criminal law & procedure ; emoluments ; government ; governments ; introduction ; Louisiana ; patriotism ; privileges ; Supreme courts
  • É parte de: Law Library Journal, 1997-10, Vol.89 (4), p.449-572
  • Notas: Professor Billings collectively profiles the chief justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court and provides a more detailed sketch of those among the twenty-one who had a singular impact upon the work of the court since its creation in 1813. Introduction ...
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  • Descrição: Professor Billings collectively profiles the chief justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court and provides a more detailed sketch of those among the twenty-one who had a singular impact upon the work of the court since its creation in 1813. Introduction Around midmorning of March 1, 1813, amid the cry of a bailiff who called spectators to order, two men entered a room at Government House in New Orleans. They took seats behind a large table and handed papers to a clerk, who read them aloud. "In the name and by the authority of the State of Louisiana," he began, "Know ye that reposing special trust and confidence in the patriotism, integrity, and abilities of Dominick Augustin Hall, I [William C. C. Claiborne] have nominated, and by and with the consent of the Senate, do appoint him a Judge of the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, and do authorize and empower him to execute and fulfil the duties of the office according to Law; and to have and to hold the said office with all powers, privileges and emoluments to the same of right appertaining, during good behaviour." Then he recited like words for George Mathews. As he finished, the judges ordered their commissions entered "on the minutes," and recessed court "till tomorrow [at] 11 o'clock." 1 The first session of the supreme court was at an end. The next day, Hall, by virtue of being commissioned first, presided over the court, but his tenure was brief. He ...
  • Editor: American Association of Law Libraries Law Library Journal
  • Idioma: Inglês
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