CALISTE v. CANTRELL

No. 18-30954.

937 F.3d 525 (2019)

Adrian CALISTE, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Brian Gisclair, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Harry E. CANTRELL, Magistrate Judge of Orleans Parish Criminal District Court, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED August 29, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Andrew Foley , James W. Craig , Katharine Murphy Schwartzmann, Esq. , Roderick & Solange MacArthur Justice Center, New Orleans, LA, Alec George Karakatsanis, Esq. , Civil Rights Corps, Washington, DC, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Dennis J. Phayer , Mindy Nunez Duffourc , Burglass & Tankersley, L.L.C., Metairie, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Jeff Rowes , Staff Attorney, Institute for Justice, Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae Institute for Justice.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, JONES, and COSTA, Circuit Judges.


"No man can be judge in his own case." Edward Coke, INSTITUTES OF THE LAWS OF ENGLAND, § 212, 141 (1628). That centuries-old maxim comes from Lord Coke's ruling that a judge could not be paid with the fines he imposed. Dr. Bonham's Case, 8 Co. Rep. 107a, 118a, 77...

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