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- Jurisdiction
- Louisiana
- Level
- Court
- Authority
- La. Const. art. V, § 1; inherent power of the Court
- Issued
- 2020-03-16 Mar. 16, 2020
- Effective
- 2020-03-16
- End
- 2020-03-27 (as written); replaced by orders of Mar. 20, Mar. 23 and Apr. 6, 2020 (read as 2020-03-27)
- In force
- Mar. 16, 2020 to Mar. 27, 2020
- Quarters
- 2020 Q2
2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3
- Limitation types
- Courts and public offices
- Addressees
- all Louisiana state courts
- judges and clerks
- litigants
- Functions reached
- CT courts, clerks (civil dockets continued)
- CL closings and litigation-dependent transactions
- PJ legal projects
- Collection
- Louisiana LA
Operative words
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