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In Recognition: Justice Harry T. Lemmon
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The Parish of St. Charles
May 21, 2001
IN RECOGNITION
WHEREAS, Justice Harry T. Lemmon, a resident of Luling, Louisiana in St. Charles Parish, graduated with honors from Loyola University School of Law; and,
WHEREAS, Justice Lemmon was elected to the Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit in 1970 and to the Supreme Court in 1980, and was re-elected twice without opposition; and,
WHEREAS, Justice Lemmon, for over twenty years, has been the Chair of the Board of Governors of the Louisiana Judicial College; and,
WHEREAS, Justice Lemmon has taught courses at Loyola Law School, Louisiana State University Law Center, and Tulane School of Law; and,
WHEREAS, Justice Lemmon has delivered lectures to Judges, Lawyers, and Students in Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Colorado, Michigan, Canada, France, and Greece; and,
WHEREAS, Justice Lemmon, upon completion of his term as Chair of the American Bar Association Committee on Continuing Education for Appellate Judges, has offered to serve as a Volunteer Appointee on numerous Judicial Administration Committees for the Supreme Court; and,
WHEREAS, following twenty-one years of service on the State's highest Court, Justice Harry T. Lemmon has announced his Retirement.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, THAT WE, THE MEMBERS OF THE ST. CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL AND THE PARISH PRESIDENT, do hereby offer this tribute and recognition to
JUSTICE HARRY T. LEMMON
"PARISH OF PLENTY"
created in 1807 from the county of the
"German Coast", a parish of
unprecedented economic and social
development, known for its
hospitality, rural living and sporting
opportunitiesÂ… with the added
distinction of being located
on both sides of the
Mighty Mississippi River.