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Celebrating 200 Years

The Bicentennial of the Louisiana Supreme Court

1813-2013

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Celebrating 200 years . The Bicentennial of the Louisiana Supreme Courrt 1813-2013

 

Louisiana Supreme Court Justices

1813-Present

 

Associate Justice James Cole

James Lawrence Cole (1814 – 1883)

Associate Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1857-1860
District Attorney, Louisiana Historic Fifth Judicial District (Lafourche Parish), c.1846
Judge, Louisiana Historic Fifth Judicial District Court (Lafourche Parish), c.1856
Judge, Louisiana Historic Twenty-Third Judicial District (Iberville Parish), 1880-1883

 

Born in Philadelphia around 1814 • Re-appointed to the Supreme Court during Federal Occupation • Active committee member in the state teachers’ association • Died in 1883