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IN GOD WE TRUST
JAN/FEB. 1980
JUSTICE JOHN A. DIXON, JR.
BECOMES NEW CHIEF
the new Chie Justice,
of thetLouisa
Supreme Court during
cerenonie Saturday,
March 1at -a.m
in the Caddo Parish
Courthouse
Sheveport Louisiana.
Assoiate
Justice Pascal F
Calogero, Jr_ of the
Louisiana Supreme Justice John A. Dixon, Jr.
Court administered
the oath of office. Master of Ceremonies for the occasion was
Federal Judge Henry A, Politz and United States Senator J.
Bennett Johnston gave the principal address. John C. Combe,
Jr., President of the Louisiana State Bar Association represented
the State Bar. Arrangements for the function were handled by a
committee of the Shreveport Bar Association headed by Ben
Coleman, President of the organization.
Justice Dixon who has been on the state's highest court
since 1971 was elected from an 11-parish area in Northwest
Louisiana.
A native of Orange, Texas, he has lived in Louisiana
since he was six years old and in Shreveport since the age of
ten. He is a former First Judicial District Court Judge (1957-
1967) and was elected to the Second Circuit Court of Appeal in
1968. A graduate of Fair Park High School, Centenary College
and Tulane Law School, he practiced law in Shreveport prior to
his election as a District Judge,
Dixon served as a paratrooper in the 505th Parachute
Infantry Regiment during World War II and was captured during
the invasion of Sicily. As a prisoner of war for 21 months, he was
one of those evacuated by the Germans as the Russians
advanced. The subsequent forced march lasted for sixty days.
He and his wife, the former Imogene Shipley, are the
parents of three daughters: Mrs. Stella Shepard, Mrs. Diana
Morehead, and Mrs. Jeannette Downing.
JUDICIALMEDIA SEMINAR
APHIL11, 1980
NATCHITOCHES, LA.
Tim O'Brien, Arthur Lemann, Chesterfield Smith and others will
discuss: - Unfair Criticism of Judges; Gannette J. DePasquale . . and
more.
Contact Paulette Holahan, 109 Supreme Court Bidg., New Orleans, La.
70122 [504] 568-5747.
CHIEF JUSTICE SUMMERS
ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT
After 20 years
0n Lh Luisiana
Supreme Court, Chief
Justce Frank W.
Summers has
annourced his
etirerr ent effective
March 1,
i ak ighe :.+
announcement;
Summers said, I am
gratef u to the peop e
of the sixth Supreme
Court District for my Chief Justice Frank W. Summers
election to serve on the
Supreme Court of our state. My service on the court has been a
rewarding experience. After almost 23 years in the judiciary, it
is time to retire and devote more time to my family and personal
affairs.
A charming and gracious man who is essentially modest,
Chief Justice Summers said that he will devote his energies to
business and family concerns. He and his family have
approximately 2,000 acres in Vermilion parish where he has
been a lifelong resident. I have always enjoyed cattle raising
and the farm and now I will give some attention to that.
Actually, the Chief Justice will smile and tell you that, after
long, hard, careful deliberation, he and Beverly, his wife of 39
years, have decided to... do nothing, at least for a while.
Doing nothing is a prospect that is enticing after the hectic pace
of the Supreme Court. When Summers came to the Supreme
Court in 1960, the court handled approximately 600 cases a year.
Today there are over 3,000 filings a year in the Supreme Court.
Noting that perhaps the most difficult part of being on the
Supreme Court is the enormous responsibility of the office and
the unrelenting workload with the great demands on my time
and efforts. He will point out with justifiable pride that he has
missed only one sitting of the court in all his years on the bench.
And that one was missed only because he was invited by the
German Marshall Fund to give an address, in French, in Paris
last year.
When asked what was best about being on the Supreme
Court, the Chief replied without hesitation, I have always had a
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