Adrian Guy Duplantier Sr. (March 5, 1929 – August 15, 2007) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate, representing a portion of Orleans Parish for four terms.
Adrian Guy Duplantier Sr. | |
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| Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | |
| In office March 6, 1994 – August 15, 2007 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | |
| In office May 31, 1978 – March 6, 1994 | |
| Appointed by | Jimmy Carter |
| Preceded by | Roger Blake West |
| Succeeded by | Eldon E. Fallon |
| Judge of the New Orleans Civil District Court | |
| In office 1974–1978 | |
| Louisiana State Senator for Orleans Parish (later District 4) | |
| In office 1960–1974 | |
| Preceded by | 8 at-large members from Orleans Parish |
| Succeeded by | Sidney Barthelemy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Adrian Guy Duplantier March 5, 1929 New Orleans, Louisiana, US |
| Died | August 15, 2007 (aged 78) New Orleans, Louisiana, US |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Education | Loyola University New Orleans College of Law (JD) University of Virginia School of Law (LLM) |
Education and career
editDuplantier was born in New Orleans. He graduated from the Roman Catholic Jesuit High School in 1945 and graduated from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 1949.[1]
State senate and judicial service
editFailed bid for mayor of New Orleans in 1960, despite winning nearly all of the black vote,[2] but losing the election to Victor H. Schiro[1]
Federal judicial service
editOn April 24, 1978, Duplantier was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana vacated by Judge Roger Blake West. Duplantier was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 26, 1978, and received his commission on May 31, 1978. He assumed senior status on March 6, 1994, and served until his death, in New Orleans.[1]
Duplantier and two other Louisiana Democrats, former State Treasurer Mary Evelyn Parker and former State Representative Risley C. Triche of Napoleonville in Assumption Parish, were interviewed for the 2001 book Welfare Racism: Playing the Race Card Against America's Poor. The three testified to their personal knowledge of racism in 1960–1961 in Louisiana against African American public assistance recipients.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c Adrian Guy Duplantier at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- ^ William C. Havard, Rudolf Heberle, and Perry H. Howard, The Louisiana Elections of 1960, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Studies, 1963, p. 110
- ^ Neubeck, Kenneth J.; Cazenave, Noel A. (2001). Kenneth J. Neubeck, Noel A. Cazenave, Welfare Racism: Playing the Race Card Against America's Poor, 2001. ISBN 9780415923408. Retrieved April 5, 2010.
Sources
editExternal links
edit- Adrian Guy Duplantier at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
