Elie v. Karst

TREVOR G. BRYAN, Judge Pro Tem.,

concurring in part, dissenting in part.

The question presented to this court, is whether or not applicant, C. Edwards Karst, who has been admitted to the practice of law in this state for more than five *933years, is ineligible to qualify as a candidate for judge of the Court of Appeal by virtue of the fact that since 1983 he has been suspended from the practice of law by the Supreme Court.

Eligibility for candidacy to the court of appeal is governed exclusively by Art. 5 § 24 of the Louisiana Constitution 1974, which reads as follows:

“A judge of the Supreme Court, a…