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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

 

Albert Duffel
(1813 - 1862)


Associate Justice, Louisiana Supreme Court, 1860-1862

Judge, Louisiana Fourth Judicial District Court, Ascension Parish, 1853-1860

Born in Ascension, Louisiana, February 7, 1813 • Became a member of the bar, 1836 • Died in Ascension Parish on September 22, 1862, and is buried in the family vault in Donaldsonville, Louisiana • During the funeral procession, Union gunboats fired upon the cortege 6 times • Louisiana Supreme Court loaned his portrait to Loyola Law School in 1959