Legal Opinion
In Re Haggerty
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided November 23, 1970No. 50667PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AYRES, Justice ad hoc.
This action is before this court on the recommendation of The Judiciary Commission of Louisiana that the respondent, Judge Edward A. Haggerty, Jr., of the Criminal District Court for the Parish of Orleans, be removed from office pursuant to charges directed against him under the provisions of Art. IX, Sec. 4, Par. B of the Louisiana Constitution as amended by Act No. 661 of 1968, which declare:
“A justice or judge may be removed from office or retired involuntarily for wilful misconduct relating to his official duty or wilful and persistent failure to perform his duty, or…
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