Legal Opinion
Perez v. Meraux
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided June 28, 1940No. 35755PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PONDER, Justice.
In this suit Leander H. Perez, District Attorney for the Twenty-Fifth Judicial District of Louisiana, for the Parishes of St. Bernard and Plaquemines, seeks to impeach and remove Judge J. Claude Meraux, Judge of the Twenty-Fifth Judicial Court of Louisiana for the parishes of St. Bernard and Plaquemines, from office under the provisions of Sections 1 and 5, Article 9 of the Constitution of this State.
It is alleged that the District Attorney has been petitioned by 131 citizens and taxpayers of the Parish of Plaquemines, and hundreds of citizens and taxpayers of the Parish of…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Sutton v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1940
- Coco v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1923
- Saint v. MerauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1926
- State v. GarlandSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1916
3Cited by17 opinions
- Stanley v. JonesSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1941
- Perez v. MerauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1942
- Davies v. Consolidated UnderwritersLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1943
- In re Jackson SanabriaSupreme Court of Puerto Rico · 1969
- In Re MerauxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1943
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