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CONTACT PERSON:
VALERIE WILLARD
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER (LOUISIANA SUPREME COURT)
(504) 310-2590
or
RENE ABADIE (SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY)
(985) 549-2341
| FEBRUARY
22, 2005 |
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE |
STATE
SUPREME COURT TO SIT AT
SOUTHEASTERN
LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY IN HAMMOND
Southeastern Louisiana
University will be the site March 3 where the Louisiana Supreme
Court will hold court in Hammond as part of an ongoing effort
to educate and inform students and the general public about
the work of the Court. The Court will convene for sessions
beginning at 9:30 A.M. and 2:00 P.M. in the Vonnie Borden
Theater auditorium located in D Vickers Hall. It
will hear oral arguments on four pending cases.
The sessions will
be open to groups of area high schools, Southeastern faculty
and students, and to the general public on a space-available
basis. Plans are in the works to offer closed circuit viewing
in other classroom locations in the building if the audience
exceeds the seating available in the theater.
Chief Justice Pascal
F. Calogero, Jr. and Southeastern President Dr. Randy Moffett
jointly announced the convening of the Louisiana Supreme Court
at Southeastern.
Chief Justice Calogero
said, "For several years, the Supreme Court has been periodically
holding court in parishes other than Orleans Parish, where
the Court is located in the historic French Quarter. The goal
is to provide area citizens with a snapshot of the volume,
variety and complexity of the Court's caseload by bringing
the Louisiana Supreme Court to them."
"This is a wonderful
educational opportunity for area high school students-as well
as Southeastern students and faculty-to witness our state's
highest court in action," Moffett said. "At Southeastern we
emphasize and involve our students in as many real-world experiences
as possible, and we have hosted the First Circuit Court of
Appeal on several occasions. The work of the Supreme Court,
however, is something few people get to see. We applaud Chief
Justice Calogero and his fellow justices for bringing the
Court's work to the public sector and especially for making
this available for our students."
Chief Justice Calogero
was elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court in 1972 and took
his first oath as Associate Justice on January 10, 1973 to
serve a two-year unexpired term. He was re-elected in 1974
to a fourteen-year term on the Court. He was re-elected again
in 1988 and in 1998. Chief Justice Calogero's district, the
First Supreme Court District, includes the parishes of Jefferson,
St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington and parts
of Orleans.
Chief Justice Calogero
was sworn in as Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
on April 9, 1990. As Chief Justice, he serves as the Chief
Administrative Officer of the Louisiana Court System, Chairman
of the Judicial Ethics Committee, the Judicial Council and
the Human Resources Committee, and as a member of the Conference
of Chief Justices. In December 1994, he was appointed by the
U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist to the
Advisory Committee on Appellate Rules of the Judicial Conference
of the United States, and, in 1995 he commenced serving on
the National Center for State Courts Time on Appeal Advisory
Committee. In 1997, he was elected to the Board of Directors
of the Conference of Chief Justices.
As Chief Justice, he also stewarded
the restoration of the Court's former Courthouse and return
of the Louisiana Supreme Court to 400 Royal Street. The Louisiana
Supreme Court moved to its newly restored quarters in May
of 2004.
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