Russell v. McKeithen

By virtue of Act 216 of 1970, the Legislature increased the number of district judges in the 19th Judicial District for East Baton Rouge Parish from seven to ten. The act designates the three new divisions as H, I, and J, and provides that they “shall be filled by appointment by the Governor until the judges of said divisions are elected as provided herein.”

The Act further provides that:

“ * * * the newly created judges for Divisions H, I, and J shall be elected at a special election to be called by the Governor to be held on the first Tuesday next following the first Monday of November, 1972.”