Perez v. Meraux
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
FOURNET, Justice.
Leander H. Perez, as the District Attorney of the Twenty-fifth Judicial District of Louisiana, upon the written request of citizens and taxpayers of the said district, instituted these proceedings to have J. Claude Meraux removed from his office as judge of the district under the provisions of Section 5 of Article IX of the Constitution of 1921, on charges of high crimes and misdemeanors in office, incompetency, corruption, favoritism, extortion, oppression in office, and gross misconduct.
The petition is lengthy, comprising some 46 printed pages, the allegations of which, for…
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2Cases cited14 opinions
- Stanley v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
- State ex rel. Attorney General v. LazarusSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1887
- Stanley v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
- In Re NovoSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
- Perez v. MerauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Plaquemines Par. Com'n Council v. Delta Dev. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1987
- Town of Slidell v. TempleSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1964
- In Re HaggertySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1970
- Bates v. BlitzSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1944
- In Re HunterSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2002
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