For Supreme Court
By WARREN BROWN from the bench, in the minds of many, state and federal appellate judges
Members of two Louisiana judicial has provided Nixon with an opportuni- from throughout the nation.
organizations are hoping that President ty to fill the vacancies with jurists of He is the vice chairman of the
Nixon will give the state its second conservative hue. American Bar Foundation for the
U.S. Supreme Court justice in its histo- However, a likely conservative con- Study of Appellate Court Administra-
ry by accepting their nominee for the tender for one of the court seats, U.S. and has served regularly as a fac-
post. Rep. Richard H. Poff of Virginia, this ulty member at appellate judges' semi-
The two groups, the City Judges As- week removed himself from the list of nars at the Institute of Judicial Admin-
sociation (CJA) and the Louisiana Dis- prospective candidates for a position. istration at New York University. trict Judges Association, today unani-
mously endorsed Louisiana Supreme IN ANNOUNCING the nomination of
Court Justice Albert Tate Jr. to fill one Justice Tate, newly elected CJA presi-
of two vacant seats on the nation's dent Judge Edmund M. Reggie of
high court. Crowley said: "Not since Chief Justice
The seats were vacated recently by Edward Douglass White's service on
the almost simultaneous resignations the U.S. Supreme Court has Louisiana
of Justices Hugo Black and John Mar- had a son serving on that court."
shall Harlan because of illness. Black Judge Reggie said it was the consen-
died Sept. 24, eight days after his res- sus of both groups that "Justice Tate
ignation. meets the high standards that Presi-
The absence of Black and Harlan dent Nixon is seeking in that he has impeccable integrity, many years of exemplary experience in the Southern court system and has achieved national status as one of the outstanding appellate court judges in America."
The Crowley judge said the two groups "do not urge Justice Tate's nomination to the court as a mere favorite son, but as one whose educational, professional and personal background warrants it."
Judge Reggie said the city and state judicial association, "as a matter of protocol," will submit their nomination to Louisiana's congressional delegation along with a request to "transmit the nomination to the President."
JUSTICE TATE, of Ville Platte, is the immediate past chairman of the Appellate Judges Conference of the American Bar, which is composed of
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