Legal Opinion
In Re Perez
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided March 4, 1940No. 35721PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUGGINS, Justice.
On January 31, 1940, a petition was filed in the Twenty-fifth Judicial District Court of Plaquemines Parish for the appointment of an attorney, under Article IX, Section 6 of the Constitution of 1921, and Act 135 of 1880, to institute suit for the removal from office of Leander H. Perez, District Attorney for the Parishes of Plaquemines and St. Bernard, State of Louisiana.
It is alleged that the District Attorney is guilty of incompetency and favoritism in office, and particularly, that he failed to present to the Grand Jury, in accordance with law, the matter of the killing…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Ex Parte GarlandSupreme Court of the United States · 1867
- State ex rel. Martin v. Judge of Twenty-Ninth DistrictSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1922
- State v. NunezSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1920
- State ex rel. Segura v. Judge of the Twenty-First Judicial DistrictSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1885
- State ex rel. Tyrrell v. Judge of the Fifteenth Judicial District CourtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1881
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3Cited by9 opinions
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- In Re PerezSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
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