SMALL v. GUSTE

No. 65363.

383 So.2d 1011 (1980)

Mrs. Lillian Schon SMALL v. William J. GUSTE, etc., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied June 2, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Kendall L. Vick and Donald Ensenat, Asst. Attys. Gen., Dept. of Justice, New Orleans, for defendant-applicant.

Glenn L. Morgan, New Orleans, for plaintiff-respondent.

Richard E. Gerard, Chairman, Lake Charles, Eugene J. Murret, Chief Executive Officer, New Orleans, The Judiciary Commission of Louisiana amicus curiae.

Richard H. Gauthier, President, Thomas C. Wicker, Jr., Vice President, James E. Clark, Secretary, Frank A. Marullo, Jr., Treasurer, Edwin R. Hughes, Jena, Lemmie O. Hightower, Monroe, Guy E. Humphries, Jr., Alexandria, Edward N. Engolio, Plaquemine, Charles W. Roberts, Baton Rouge, Stephen A. Duczer, Thomas W. Tanner, Slidell, Joseph A. LaHaye, Opelousas, Richard J. Garvey, New Orleans, Richard B. Williams, Natchitoches, James H. Drury, New Orleans, amicus curiae on behalf of the Louisiana District Judges Association.


DENNIS, Justice.

In this review of a mandamus ordering the attorney general and the Orleans Parish district attorney to bring an action to remove a district judge from office under the intrusion into office statute we are called upon to decide whether the exclusive method by which a judge may be removed is by exercise of this Court's original jurisdiction on recommendation of the judiciary commission. We conclude that this Court, on recommendation of the judiciary...

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