Legal Opinion
Stanley v. Jones
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 20, 1942No. 36003PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ODOM, Justice.
This suit was brought by the Attorney General on October 14, 1940, to remove James W. Jones, Jr., from the office of Judge of the Tenth Judicial District Court for the Parishes of Red River and Natchitoches. The suit was brought as an orig inal proceeding in this court under Sections 1 and 5, Article IX of the Constitution of 1921.
Section 1, Article IX of the Constitution, reads as follows:
“All State and district officers, whether elected or appointed, shall he liable to impeachment for high crimes and misdemeanors in office, incompetency, corruption, favoritism, extortion, or…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Bastrop State Bank v. LevySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1901
- Stanley v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
- Pruyn v. YoungSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1899
- Ducote v. DucoteSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1935
- Phillips v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Webster v. RushingSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1975
- In Re HaggertySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1970
- Central La. El. Co. v. Covington & St. Tammany L. & I. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1961
- Bates v. BlitzSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
- Succession of YeatesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1948
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