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unusual facts about United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana


United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana

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Aboriginal title in Louisiana

The Chitimacha brought suit in the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in July 1977 (complaint amended July 1979) claiming a large tract in St. Mary Parish, Louisiana.

Ball, Louisiana

Judge Dee D. Drell of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana in Alexandria ordered Hebron to pay $105,566 in restitution to FEMA, a fine of $25,000 fine, and $100 special assessment, collectively totaling $130,666.

Theodore Howard McCaleb

On September 1, 1841, McCaleb was nominated by President John Tyler to a joint seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana and the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, both vacated by Philip K. Lawrence.


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Elizabeth Erny Foote

In February 2009, Foote wrote to Senator Mary Landrieu to discuss being considered for an upcoming vacancy on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.