The ghosts of Judge Leander Perez and Doc Meraux must be consoling each other somewhere over the decline of the acquisitive Louisiana politician. As today's School Board members and parish councilmen ...

The Department of Justice eradicated a decades-long civil rights case regarding the desegregation of a Louisiana school district. Per a DOJ press release, officials pursued legal action against the ...

Chomping on a long black cigar in an amber holder, stubby, silver-haired Leander Perez, segregationist boss of Louisiana’s Plaquemines Parish, gave the Senate Judiciary Committee the lowdown on what ...

State Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal Judge Michael E. Kirby will not seek re-election this fall to the judgeship he has held representing Plaquemines Parish since 1999, Kirby said in a statement ...

Every now and then, the good Lord blesses us with exemplars. Moon Landrieu’s moral compass pointed true, and out of conviction (and a bit of stubbornness) he followed it without wavering. At a time ...

A Sept. 5 article incorrectly said that Judge Perez Drive in New Orleans was named for Leander Perez. It was named for Judge Melvin Perez. (Published 9/7/2005) CHALMETTE, La., Sept. 4 -- The Battle of ...

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