Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court

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The Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court is the highest-ranking judicial officer in the state, presiding over the state’s supreme court and overseeing the administration of Louisiana’s court system.

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Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf judicial office ⓘ
public office ⓘ
state chief justice position ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction State of Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana
appointedBy Louisiana electorate (through judicial election) ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch of Louisiana ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver judicial administrative policy in Louisiana ⓘ
hasDuty assigning justices to panels and committees ⓘ
promulgating rules of court procedure with the court ⓘ
representing the Louisiana judiciary in interbranch relations ⓘ
supervising lower state courts through administrative authority ⓘ
hasPower to assign judges temporarily to other courts as authorized by law ⓘ
to call en banc sessions of the Louisiana Supreme Court ⓘ
hasTitle Chief Justice ⓘ
highestRankIn judicial branch of Louisiana ⓘ
inception 19th century (following establishment of Louisiana Supreme Court) ⓘ
jurisdictionScope statewide ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
legalBasis Louisiana Constitution ⓘ
Louisiana Revised Statutes ⓘ
legalSystem Louisiana civil law tradition ⓘ
United States common law framework (federal overlay) ⓘ
locatedIn New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ
memberOf Louisiana Supreme Court ⓘ
officeHolderRole administrative head of the Louisiana court system ⓘ
chief judicial officer of Louisiana ⓘ
presiding officer of the Louisiana Supreme Court ⓘ
officeType state-level judicial leadership position ⓘ
oversees administration of Louisiana state courts ⓘ
implementation of court rules in Louisiana ⓘ
judicial budget planning in Louisiana ⓘ
partOf Louisiana Supreme Court ⓘ
positionHeldIn Louisiana judiciary ⓘ
presidesOver deliberations of the Louisiana Supreme Court ⓘ
oral arguments before the Louisiana Supreme Court ⓘ
reportsTo ultimately accountable to the people of Louisiana ⓘ
residenceRequirement State of Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana
scopeOfResponsibility judicial discipline and standards oversight (through appropriate bodies) ⓘ
management of Louisiana court system operations ⓘ
seat Louisiana Supreme Court Building ⓘ
selectionMethod based on seniority among justices (in modern practice) ⓘ
chosen from among the justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court ⓘ
symbolicRole ceremonial head of the Louisiana judiciary ⓘ
worksWith Associate Justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court ⓘ
Louisiana Judicial Council ⓘ
Louisiana legislature on judicial administration matters ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judiciary of Louisiana → hasAdministrativeHead → Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court ⓘ