Adrian G. Duplantier

Adrian Guy Duplantier Sr.
Adrian Guy Duplantier Sr.
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)

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.

Education and career[edit]

Duplantier 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[edit]

Failed 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[edit]

On 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[edit]

External links[edit]

Adrian Guy Duplantier at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Political offices
Preceded by 8 at-large members	Louisiana State Senator from Orleans Parish (later District 4) 1960–1974	Succeeded by Sidney Barthelemy
Legal offices
Preceded by Roger Blake West	Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana 1978–2007	Succeeded by Eldon E. Fallon

[auto-1] Adrian Guy Duplantier at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

[2] William C. Havard, Rudolf Heberle, and Perry H. Howard, The Louisiana Elections of 1960, Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Studies, 1963, p. 110

[3] 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.

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