Legal Opinion · Dissent

Covington v. McNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 5, 2010No. 2010-OC-0250, 2001-2355, 2004-CR-16927, 2006-5478, 2007-3828, 2007-CR-4099, 2007-CR-19533, 2007-CR-21063, 2008-2677, 2008-4078, 2008-CR-19800, 2008-CR-20352, 2009-274Published

1DissentJohnson, J.

|, The Louisiana Attorney General’s Office seeks, in these twelve consolidated cases, to recuse Judge Wilford Carter, Division “F,” “on any and all cases, any present cases, pending cases, and future cases, where the Attorney General is involved. The Attorney General argues that “Judge Carter’s bias and prejudice against the office extends into ‘paranoia’ reaching such a level that he cannot be trusted to sit on any case involving the Attorney General’s office.”1

There is simply no authority for the filing of this “blanket” motion to recuse. To the contrary, La.Code Civ. P. art. 151(A)(4) is…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. SOUTHERN CASING OF LA., INC. v. Houma Avionics, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 2001
  2. Succession of ManheimLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2003

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