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Calcasieu Parish is a parish located on the southwestern border of the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2020 census,the population was 216,785. The parish seat is Lake Charles.
Lake Charles is the fifth-largest incorporated city in the U.S. state of Louisiana,located on Lake Charles,Prien Lake,and the Calcasieu River. Founded in 1861 in Calcasieu Parish,it is a major industrial,cultural,and educational center in the southwest region of the state. As of the 2020 census,Lake Charles's population was 84,872. It is considered a regionally significant center of petrochemical refining,gambling,tourism,and education,being home to McNeese State University and Sowela Technical Community College. Because of the lakes and waterways throughout the city,metropolitan Lake Charles is often called the Lake Area.
Moss Bluff is a census-designated place (CDP) in Calcasieu Parish,Louisiana,United States. The population was 12,522 at the 2020 census. Located just north of the city of Lake Charles,it is considered a suburb of that city. Moss Bluff is a burgeoning community,and is one of the communities in Calcasieu Parish besides Lake Charles and Sulphur experiencing growth. Several efforts have been made to incorporate Moss Bluff,but at the present time the community is unincorporated.
Westlake is a city in Calcasieu Parish,in western Louisiana,United States,and is part of the Lake Charles Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,568 at the 2010 census. Westlake was incorporated in 1945.
McNeese State University is a public university in Lake Charles,Louisiana. Founded in 1939 as Lake Charles Junior College,it was renamed McNeese Junior College after John McNeese,an early local educator. The present name was adopted in 1970. McNeese is part of the University of Louisiana System and is classified as a Master's University. The selective admissions university consists of six colleges and the DoréSchool of Graduate Studies. McNeese is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and all programs of study are accredited by their respective national boards.
Wilbert Rideau is an American convicted killer and former death row inmate from Lake Charles,Louisiana,who became an author and award-winning journalist while held for 44 years at Angola Prison. Rideau was convicted in 1961 of first-degree murder of Julia Ferguson in the course of a bank robbery that year,and sentenced to death. He was held in solitary confinement on death row,pending execution. After the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that states had to rework their death penalty statutes because of constitutional concerns,the Louisiana Court judicially amended his sentence in 1972 to life in prison.
The Paul M. Hebert Law Center,often styled "LSU Law",is a public law school in Baton Rouge,Louisiana. It is part of the Louisiana State University System and located on the main campus of Louisiana State University.
Samuel Houston Jones was the 46th Governor of Louisiana for the term from 1940 to 1944. He defeated the renowned Earl Kemp Long in the 1940 Democratic runoff primary election. Eight years later,Long then in a reversal of 1940 defeated Jones in the 1948 party primary.
Gillis is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in northern Calcasieu Parish,Louisiana,United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 657.
Loyola University New Orleans College of Law is a private law school in New Orleans,Louisiana affiliated with Loyola University New Orleans. Loyola's law school opened in 1914 and is now located on the Broadway Campus of the University in the historic Audubon Park District of the city. The College of Law is one of fourteen Jesuit law schools in the United States. It is also one of the few law schools in the nation to offer curricula in both Civil Law and Common Law. The school releases several academic journals,most notable of which is the Loyola Law Review.
Alexander Pierre "A. P." Tureaud,Sr. was an African-American attorney who headed the legal team for the New Orleans chapter of the NAACP during the Civil Rights Movement. With the assistance of Thurgood Marshall and Robert Carter from the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund,A. P. Tureaud filed the lawsuit that successfully ended the system of Jim Crow segregation in New Orleans. That case paved the way for integrating the first two elementary schools in the Deep South.
Southern University Law Center is a public law school in Baton Rouge,Louisiana. It is part of the historically black Southern University System and was opened for instruction in September 1947. It was authorized by the Louisiana State Board of Education as a Law School for blacks to be located at Southern University,a historically black college,and to open for the 1947-1948 academic session.
Tulane University Law School is the law school of Tulane University. It is located on Tulane's Uptown campus in New Orleans,Louisiana. Established in 1847,it is the 12th oldest law school in the United States.
Ivan L. R. Lemelle is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana.
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges on June 26,2015 held that the denial of marriage rights to same-sex couples is unconstitutional,invalidating the ban on same-sex marriage in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The ruling clarified conflicting court rulings on whether Louisiana officials are obligated to license same-sex marriages. Governor Bobby Jindal confirmed on June 28 that Louisiana would comply with the ruling once the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed its decision in a Louisiana case,which the Fifth Circuit did on July 1. Jindal then said the state would not comply with the ruling until the federal District Court reversed its judgment,which it did on July 2. All parishes now issue marriage licenses in accordance with federal law.
Michael Edward Danahay,known as Mike Danahay,is a sales representative from Calcasieu Parish,Louisiana,who is the mayor of Sulphur,a small city located near Lake Charles.
Jack Crozier Watson was an Louisiana lawyer and judge who served as a Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1979 to 1996.
Charles Alexandre Homere Mouton was an American politician. Between 1856 and 1859 he served as Lieutenant Governor of Louisiana.
Louisiana's 27th State Senate district is one of 39 districts in the Louisiana State Senate. It has been vacant since the resignation of Republican Ronnie Johns in July 2021.
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