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La. Rev. Stat. § 13:101 (2026)

Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 7, §2, eff. May 1, 2024.

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PART II. JUSTICES OF SUPREME COURT

§101. Repealed by Acts 2024, No. 7, §2, eff. May 1, 2024.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 9 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1988–2024 · leading case: Chisom v. Roemer, 501 U.S. 380 (1991).
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Chisom v. Roemer, 501 U.S. 380 (1991). · cites it 6× “5, §3; La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 13:101 (West 1983).”
Chisom v. Jindal, 890 F. Supp. 2d 696 (E.D. La. 2012). · cites it 8× “11 At the time, the system for electing justices was contained in La.Rev. Stat. § 13:101, which provided that the State was divided into six “Supreme Court Districts,” with five of the six Supreme Court Districts electing one justice each, and the other district, the “First…”
Chisom v. Edwards, 690 F. Supp. 1524 (E.D. La. 1988). · cites it 5× “5, § 3; La.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 13:101 (West 1983). 6 .”
Ronald Chisom v. Buddy Roemer, 853 F.2d 1186 (5th Cir. 1988). “R.S. 13:101. 9 . La. Const, of 1974, Art.”
Allen v. State of LA, 14 F.4th 366 (5th Cir. 2021). “See La. Rev. Stat. § 13:101 (1975). The suit was brought under the VRA on behalf of black Orleans Parish voters, who claimed the at- large district unlawfully diluted black votes in majority-black Orleans Parish.”
Petit v. Ducote, 253 So. 3d 252 (La. Ct. App. 2018). “R.S. 13:101, which divides the state into seven supreme court districts, mandates that the court shall be composed of one justice "elected from each of the seven districts as set forth below:" (1) District 1 is composed of Precincts 1-H, 2-H, 3-H, 4-H, 5-H, 6-H, 7-H, 8-H, 9-H,…”
Snyder v. Perilloux, 198 So. 3d 237 (2016). “R.S. 13:101 divides the state into “seven supreme court districts” and mandates that the court “shall be composed of one justice elected from- each of the seven districts.”
Louisiana State Conf. of the Nat'l Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. State of Louisiana (M.D. La. 2020). · cites it 2× “The Chisom plaintiffs and the United States claim that the multimember district system for electing justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court in the First Supreme Court District [first district] dilutes black voting strength in violation of section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of…”
Elisa Knowles Collins v. Leslie Ricard Chambers, Hon. Marcus L. Hunter, & Nancy Landry in Her Capacity as the Sec'y of State for the State of Louisiana (La. Ct. App. 2024). “R.S. 13:101, 101.1 and 312.4. 2 plaintiff only needs to show that if the allegations presented in their petition are assumed to be true, there is relief that can be provided to the plaintiff.”
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:101(1): 1 case
Chisom v. Edwards, 690 F. Supp. 1524 (E.D. La. 1988). “5, § 3; La.Rev.Stat. Ann. § 13:101 (West 1983). 6 .”
La. Rev. Stat. § 13:101(D): 1 case
Chisom v. Jindal, 890 F. Supp. 2d 696 (E.D. La. 2012). “11 At the time, the system for electing justices was contained in La.Rev. Stat. § 13:101, which provided that the State was divided into six “Supreme Court Districts,” with five of the six Supreme Court Districts electing one justice each, and the other district, the “First…”
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