Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Bernette Johnson to become 1st black Chief Justice of Louisiana

Bernette Johnson. PHOTO/Louisiana Supreme Court

The Louisiana Supreme Court has ruled that Bernette Johnson will be the court's next chief justice, resolving a legal dispute that wound up in federal court. The court's ruling Tuesday says Johnson's years of appointed and elected service on the court give her the seniority that entitles her to succeed Chief Justice Catherine "Kitty" Kimball early next year.

Justice Jeffrey Victory had argued he had more seniority than Johnson and deserved

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