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BABINEAUX v. JUDICIARY COMMISSION

No. 58450.

341 So.2d 396 (1976)

Judge Allen M. BABINEAUX et al. v. JUDICIARY COMMISSION of Louisiana et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied January 21, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Kendall L. Vick, Donald B. Ensenat, Asst. Attys. Gen., Cleveland C. Burton, Member, Judiciary Commission of Louisiana, Shreveport, for defendants-relators.

Patricia Saik, John P. Nelson, Jr., Nelson, Nelson & Lombard, Ltd., New Orleans, for plaintiff-respondent.

SANDERS, Chief Justice.

Ten Louisiana judges filed suit in the district court for a declaratory judgment that Canon 5 C(2) of the Louisiana Code of Judicial Conduct (1975), prohibiting judges from serving on the board of directors of financial institutions, is unconstitutional. All but one of the judges presently hold positions on the board of directors of banks and other financial institutions. On application of the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana, alleging that...

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