Adrian G. Duplantier
| Adrian G. Duplantier | |
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| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana | |
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In office May 31, 1978 – March 6, 1994 |
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| Preceded by | R. Blake West |
| Succeeded by | Eldon Fallon |
| Louisiana State Senate from Orleans Parish (later District 4) | |
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In office 1960–1974 |
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| Preceded by | 8 at-large members from Orleans Parish |
| Succeeded by | Sidney J. Barthelemy |
| Judge, New Orleans Civil District Court | |
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In office 1974–1978 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born |
Adrian Guy Duplantier March 5, 1929 New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | August 15, 2007 (aged 78) |
| Resting place | Lake Lawn Mausoleum in New Orleans |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Sally Thomas Duplantier |
| Children |
Adrian Guy "Casey" Duplantier, Jr. |
| Alma mater |
Jesuit High School |
| Occupation | Attorney, legislator, judge |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Adrian Guy "Casey" Duplantier, Jr.
David L. Duplantier
Thomas R. Duplantier
Jeanne Marie Duplantier
Louise Marie Cragin
Jesuit High School
Loyola University School of Law
Adrian Guy Duplantier, Sr. (March 5, 1929 – August 15, 2007), served from May 31, 1978, until his death as a judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. He was also a former four-term Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate, having represented Orleans Parish.
Duplantier (pronounced DEW-PLAHN-SHAY) graduated in 1945 from the Roman Catholic Jesuit High School in his native New Orleans. He then attended Loyola University School of Law, from which he graduated cum laude in 1949. He was editor-in-chief of the Loyola Law Review from 1948 to 1949. Duplantier was in private practice from 1950 to 1974. He was first assistant district attorney for Orleans Parish from 1954 to 1956. In 1960, he was cited by the Junior Chamber of Commerce as the "Outstanding Young Man in the Greater New Orleans Area".
In 1960, Duplantier, a civil rights advocate, was elected to the state Senate at the time of the return of segregationist James Houston "Jimmie" Davis to the Louisiana governorship. In 1962, he ran unsuccessfully for mayor of New Orleans, having been endorsed by the retiring deLesseps Story "Chep" Morrison, Sr., who had also been Davis' principal opponent in the 1959-1960 election cycle. Though he received 96.7 percent of the African American vote in the primary runoff, Duplantier was defeated by Victor H. Schiro, the last segregationist to have been mayor of the "Crescent City". Schiro then handily prevailed in the general election over the Republican Elliot Ross Buckley, an attorney and a cousin of newspaper columnist William F. Buckley, Jr.
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