JURIST

OCTOBER 27, 2024

A Louisiana judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday barring state police from further homelessness sweeps in New Orleans. ” The post Louisiana judge bars homelessness sweep in New Orleans ahead of Taylor Swift concert appeared first on JURIST - News. We are glad that Judge Jupiter paused the State’s lawless actions.”

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JUNE 26, 2023

Robinson , unblocking a lower court order requiring Louisiana to redraw its congressional map to include a second majority-Black district. Louisiana had been accused of allegedly “packing” the majority of the state’s Black voters into one congressional district. The US Supreme Court removed a stay Monday in Ardoin v.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) for a liquid natural gas terminal and pipeline in Louisiana called the Driftwood project. The post US appeals court rules against environmentalists challenging Louisiana liquid natural gas facility appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

JANUARY 5, 2022

Plessy was arrested in 1892 for deliberately violating Louisiana’s Separate Car Act of 1890, which required “separate but equal” train car accommodations for Blacks and whites. The post Louisiana governor pardons Plessy of landmark Supreme Court case 125 years later appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

Alabama, Louisiana, Oregon, Tennessee and Vermont Tuesday voted on Election Day ballot measures to end the practice of enslavement after criminal conviction. Louisiana did not. ” Because 61 percent of voters said they did not support the amendment, the slavery loophole will remain in Louisiana. ” 76.49

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EvidenceProf Blog

MARCH 1, 2021

Louisiana, the Supreme Court held that "if the Sixth Amendment’s right to a jury trial requires a unanimous verdict to support a conviction in federal court, it requires no less in state court." In Ramos v. Before, this opinion, a.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Louisiana had the highest per capita incarceration rates for prisons and jails in the United States in 2020, bogged down by long sentences and other related issues, according to a Public Welfare Foundation study. In Louisiana, 16.6 About a quarter of the prison population in Louisiana is over 50. .

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Above The Law

MARCH 15, 2024

The post Louisiana Lawyers Give Reminder That ‘Zealous Advocacy’ Isn’t An Excuse To Be Rude appeared first on Above the Law. Sometimes understating would have gotten you a lot further.

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JURIST

JUNE 8, 2021

The Louisiana Senate voted 20-17 Monday to lift certain penalties for people charged with possessing small amounts of marijuana for recreational use, specifically noting that they should not be jailed. The bill now moves to the desk of Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards. Originally introduced by Rep.

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SCOTUSBlog

APRIL 3, 2023

Share Over a dissent from the court’s three liberal justices, the Supreme Court turned down a request from a Louisiana man on death-row to weigh in on when someone else’s confession is the kind of evidence that the Constitution requires prosecutors to turn over. But the Louisiana Supreme Court reinstated Brown’s death sentence.

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EvidenceProf Blog

JUNE 28, 2021

LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY, PAUL M. HEBERT LAW CENTER seeks to hire pre-tenure or tenured lateral faculty members in constitutional law, criminal law and procedure, federal courts and procedure, evidence, and professional responsibility. Applicants should have a J.D. from an ABA-accredited.

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JURIST

JULY 1, 2024

A coalition of Louisiana parents and civil rights organizations has filed a federal lawsuit challenging the new state law (House Bill 71) that mandates the display of the Ten Commandments in all public school classrooms, saying it violates the First Amendment by imposing religious beliefs on students. Bremerton School District and Carson v.

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Above The Law

OCTOBER 11, 2023

The post Louisiana Lawyer Gets In Trouble Over Less Than Legal Side Gig appeared first on Above the Law. There are dope clients, and then there are dope clients.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 23, 2022

“Nonunanimous jury ban isn’t retroactive, Louisiana Supreme Court rules; Decision could keep 1,500 Louisiana inmates from getting new trials”: John Simerman of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Louisiana issued Friday.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Of the almost 80,000 tickets that the Louisiana State Police handed out in Jefferson Parish, which has the largest Hispanic population in the state, over nearly six years, not a single one was issued to a person labeled as Hispanic. According to the Policing Project at NYU, only 22 states and Washington, D.C.,

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The Crime Report

JUNE 10, 2022

Justice Department is opening a federal civil rights “pattern-or-practice” probe into the Louisiana State Police amid mounting evidence that the agency has a pattern of looking the other way in the face of beatings of mostly Black men, reports the Associated Press.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 31, 2022

In a report for the New York Times , Megan Shutzer and Rachel Lauren Mueller tackle a history of repeated abuses and a tragic surge in suicide and escape attempts at a Louisiana youth detention center.

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HowAppealing

APRIL 14, 2022

“Louisiana plans Supreme Court plea over social cost of carbon”: Pamela King of E&E News PM has this report.

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HowAppealing

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

“Louisiana Supreme Court will consider whether ban on split-jury verdicts is retroactive; Decision could affect 1,500 Louisiana inmates”: John Simerman of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report.

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HowAppealing

MAY 17, 2024

“What Was That Bizarro Louisiana Voting Rights Decision All About? In a topsy-turvy ruling, the conservatives on the Supreme Court ordered Louisiana to use a VRA-compliant congressional map while the liberals dissented.” The post “What Was That Bizarro Louisiana Voting Rights Decision All About?

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The Crime Report

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Photo courtesy Louisiana State Police. These things are racially motivated,” said Alanah Odoms, executive director of the ACLU of Louisiana. “It It doesn’t seem you could have this level of criminality going on without it being something much more sinister.”.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

“Federal Judge Blocks Louisiana Law Requiring Ten Commandments in Classrooms; The ruling is probably the first in what could be a long legal fight for conservative Christian groups hoping to amplify public expressions of faith”: Rick Rojas of The New York Times has this report. District Judge John W. District Judge John W.

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SCOTUSBlog

NOVEMBER 7, 2023

Share The Supreme Court on Tuesday morning declined to put a Louisiana trial seeking compensation for the “existential threat” posed by coastal land loss on hold while the defendants in the case, a group of oil companies, seek review of a state court decision rejecting their request to transfer the case. There were no recorded dissents.

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HowAppealing

OCTOBER 20, 2023

“Supreme Court ducks, leaving Louisiana redistricting stuck in uncertainty”: Nina Totenberg and Annie Gersh of NPR have this report. The post “Supreme Court ducks, leaving Louisiana redistricting stuck in uncertainty” appeared first on How Appealing. You can access yesterday’s order of the U.S.

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JUNE 12, 2023

“‘Clerical error’ cuts judges’ pay in Louisiana Legislature’s chaotic budget approval”: Julie O’Donoghue of the Louisiana Illuminator has this report.

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The Crime Report

JANUARY 4, 2023

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana used facial recognition to arrest the wrong man in a June purse theft, John Simerman reports for The New Orleans Advocate. I have never been to Louisiana a day in my life. So not only have I not been to Louisiana, I also don’t steal,” Reid said.

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The Crime Report

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

The Louisiana immigration detention system has become a robust business for private service providers, with the entities managing the facilities being paid as much as three times what the state previously paid per inmate, reports The Advocate. percent of eligible asylum seekers.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

“Louisiana State Bar violated lawyers’ free speech rights, appeals court rules”: Daniel Wiessner of Reuters has this report. Bernie Pazanowski of Bloomberg Law reports that “ Louisiana Lawyer’s Rights Violated by Wellness, LGBTQ+ Posts.” ” You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. .”

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HowAppealing

APRIL 12, 2023

“Tofurky heartened despite losing appeal of Louisiana plant-based label law”: Jonathan Stempel of Reuters has this report. The post “Tofurky heartened despite losing appeal of Louisiana plant-based label law” appeared first on How Appealing. ” You can access today’s ruling of the U.S.

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LegalReader

JUNE 6, 2022

At present, thousands of Louisiana homeowners are still struggling to recover damages from last year’s Hurricane Ida.

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MAY 6, 2024

Now, the Louisiana Supreme Court may change its mind.” Now, the Louisiana Supreme Court may change its mind.” “A death-row prisoner won a new trial. ” John Simerman of The Times-Picayune of New Orleans has this report. The post “A death-row prisoner won a new trial.

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The Crime Report

DECEMBER 12, 2022

A recent look into the Louisiana prison system finds about 200 inmates are held beyond their scheduled release dates each month. The practice of “overdetention” is endemic in Louisiana and costs the state $2.8 McNeal is one of the thousands of Louisiana people held each year past their release date.

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LegalReader

AUGUST 4, 2022

Louisiana is a third-party liability state with regard to truck accidents and follows the pure comparative negligence rule.

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HowAppealing

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Louisiana freed him at age 75.” ” Elyse Carmosino of The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana has an article that begins, “A Louisiana board Wednesday voted unanimously to release a 75-year-old inmate sentenced to life in prison as a teenager for killing an East Baton Rouge Parish sheriff’s deputy. .”

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OCTOBER 29, 2023

“Louisiana Mother of Autistic Child Hit by Teacher Files Supreme Court Petition; School officials in three states are effectively immune from lawsuits over excessive corporal punishment; A Louisiana mother is asking the Supreme Court to step in”: C.J. Ciaramella has this post online at Reason. You can view the cert.

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The Crime Report

OCTOBER 18, 2021

One person died and seven others were injured in a shooting at Grambling State University in Louisiana early on Sunday, the second such deadly incident on campus in less than a week, reports Reuters. Louisiana State Police, who are investigating both incidents, said the two shootings are believed to be unrelated.

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JANUARY 7, 2022

“Louisiana Top Court Asked for Guidance in Remington Rifle Suit”: Julie Steinberg of Bloomberg Law has this report (subscription required for full access) on a ruling that a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued yesterday.

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