Booth v. Jefferson
Booth v. Jefferson
768 So. 2d 594; 2000 La. LEXIS 2334; 2000 WL 1275864
(Southern Reporter, Second Series)
Booth v. Jefferson
Opinion of the Court
Certification denied. This court has exclusive original jurisdiction, upon the recommendation of the Judiciary Commission, to censure a judge, to suspend or remove a judge from office, or to retire a judge involuntarily.
The present matter is an action objecting to the candidacy of a judicial candidate, which was properly filed in the district court, and the judgment of the district court declaring a candidate ineligible, based on eligibility requirements of either a statute or a Supreme Court rule, is properly reviewed through the normal appellate process.
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