Stanwood Duval
Stanwood "Stan" Duval was an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton. He served as a senior federal judge from December 15, 2008, until his retirement on January 31, 2017.[1]
Early life and education
A New Orleans native, Duval graduated from Louisiana State University (LSU) in Baton Rouge with his law degree in 1964.[1]
Professional career
Duval has served his entire pre-judicial legal career as a private practice attorney licensed in the State of Louisiana from 1966 to 1994. Duval also served as the assistant city attorney for the city of Houma from 1970 to 1972. He was also a parish attorney for the Terrebone Parish Consolidate Government from 1988 to 1993.[1]
Judicial career
Eastern District of Louisiana
On the unanimous recommendation of Louisiana U.S. Senators John Breaux and Bennett Johnston, Duval was nominated by President Bill Clinton on July 15, 1994 to a seat vacated by George Arceneaux. Duval was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on September 28, 1994 and received commission on September 29, 1994. Duval assumed senior status on December 15, 2008, and served as a senior judge until his retirement on January 31, 2017.[1]
Noteworthy cases
Katrina levee case (2012)
- See also: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (IN RE KATRINA CANAL BREACHES, 2:05-cv-04182-SRD-JCW)
- See also: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana (IN RE KATRINA CANAL BREACHES, 2:05-cv-04182-SRD-JCW)
Judge Duval presided in a case involving the Army Corps of Engineers in their role of preventing Hurricane Katrina. The judge ruled on November 18, 2009, that the engineering branch of the US Army failed to maintain the levee system resulting in one of the worst hurricanes in American history in 2005. As part of the settlement six residents and a business will share $720,000 in damages.[2] The case was later appealed and overturned by the Fifth Circuit court.[3]
Landrieu wiretap case (2010)
Judge Duval presided in the first court appearance of four conservative activists including James O'Keefe who are accused of attempting to wiretap the phone system in Senator Mary Landrieu's Louisiana office. During a hearing scheduled on May 19, 2010, Duval transferred the case to be tried by a magistrate judge despite the severity of their charges. Magistrate Judge Daniel Knowles presided over an arraignment hearing before the end of May 2010.[4] O'Keefe plead guilty and received three years probation, $1,500 fine and 100 hours community service.[5]
See also
- United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
- United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
External links
- [http://www.fjc.gov/servlet/nGetInfo?jid=669&cid=999&ctype=na&instate=na Judge Duval's biography at the Federal Judicial Center
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Federal Judicial Center, "Biographical directory of federal judges," accessed February 1, 2017
- ↑ "Southern Political Report" Corps ruled responsible for Katrina damage, November 19, 2009
- ↑ NY Times, "New Ruling on Katrina Favors Corps of Engineers," September 24, 2012
- ↑ UT San Diego, "Landrieu office suspects will go before magistrate," May 20, 2010
- ↑ TPM, "O’Keefe Pleads Guilty In Landrieu Phone-Tampering Case, Gets Three Years Probation," May 26, 2010
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| Preceded by: George Arceneaux |
Eastern District of Louisiana 1994–2008 Seat #10 |
Succeeded by: Nannette Jolivette-Brown
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| 1993 |
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| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
