{"id":"LA-059","kind":"order","level":"court","jurisdiction":"Louisiana","state":"LA","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"","eco":"","issuer":"Supreme Court of Louisiana (Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson)","authority":"La. Const. art. V, § 1; inherent power of the Court","instrument":"Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of March 16, 2020","title":"Order continuing jury trials and civil proceedings (COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-16","end":"2020-03-27 (as written); replaced by orders of Mar. 20, Mar. 23 and Apr. 6, 2020","startDate":"2020-03-16","endDate":"2020-03-27","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["CRT"],"addressees":["all Louisiana state courts","judges and clerks","litigants"],"clause":"All jury trials, both civil and criminal, scheduled to commence in any Louisiana state court between the date of this Order and March 27, 2020, are hereby continued to a date to be reset by local order no earlier than March 30, 2020.... all civil trials, hearings and court appearances set for any date between the date of this Order and March 27, 2020 are hereby continued to a date to be reset by local order, except for hearings related to the following: civil protective orders, child in need of care proceedings, emergency child custody matters... All judges and court clerks are urged to limit in-person courtroom contact as much as possible","enforcement":"Court order binding on all state courts","functions":["CT courts, clerks (civil dockets continued)","CL closings and litigation-dependent transactions","PJ legal projects"],"notes":"","sourceUrl":"https://www.lasc.org/COVID19/Orders/2020-03-16_LASCorder.pdf","snapshot":"http://web.archive.org/web/20200604071807/https://www.lasc.org/COVID19/Orders/2020-03-16_LASCorder.pdf","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":227918,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"LA","url":"/library/LA-059","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/LA-059","citation":"Supreme Court of Louisiana (Chief Justice Bernette J. Johnson), Supreme Court of Louisiana Order of March 16, 2020 (Mar. 16, 2020) (Ex. LA-059)","stateName":"Louisiana","related":[]}