Jesse J. Guidry
| Jesse J. Guidry | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for St. Martin and Iberia parishes |
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In office 1973–1981 |
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| Governor | David C. Treen |
| Preceded by | J. Burton Angelle |
| Succeeded by | Harry L. Benoit |
| Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries | |
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In office 1981–1984 |
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| Preceded by | J. Burton Angelle |
| Succeeded by | J. Burton Angelle |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Parents | Thomas D., Sr., and Therese Angelle Guidry |
| Residence | Cecilia, Louisiana, US |
Jesse J. Guidry (dates of birth and death missing; probably March 21, 1921 – September 2, 1987) was a Democratic politician from Cecilia in St. Martin Parish in South Louisiana, who served from 1973 to 1981 as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives during the first two administrations of Governor Edwin Washington Edwards.
Guidry was the son of Thomas D. Guidry, Sr. (1895-1965), and the former Therese Angelle (1893-1963). He had a sister, Elizabeth L. Castille (1930-2013) of Breaux Bridge in St. Martin Parish, and a brother, Thomas Guidry, Jr. (February 23, 1932 – July 5, 2015), an accountant from Cecilia.
Guidry won a special election in 1973 to succeed Representative J. Burton Angelle, who became the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries in the first two Edwards administrations. Coincidentally, eight years later, Guidry himself succeeded Angelle as LDWF secretary in the single term of Republican Governor David C. Treen. Guidry's House tenure had also spilled over into the first year of the Treen administration.
While he was LDWF secretary, Guidry was sued by Voison's Oyster House, Inc., of Houma in Terrebonne Parish on grounds that Guidry had denied the company oyster leases. The trial court ordered summary judgment on grounds that Guidry was exempt from suit in federal court under the Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution (1791), which requires that suits filed against states be heard in state courts. The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in New Orleans affirmed the Eleventh Amendment in 1986 and ordered dismissal of Voison's suit, not on the merits, but on the lack of proper jurisdiction.
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