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Archive Home > 2008 > June > 23 > Revius Ortique Jr. was first black Louisiana Supreme Court justice

Revius Ortique Jr. was first black Louisiana Supreme Court justice

By Mary Foster / The Bulletin
June 23, 2008

NEW ORLEANS — Revius Ortique Jr., a former civil rights attorney who became the first black justice on the Louisiana Supreme Court, died Sunday. He was 84.

Ortique died in Baton Rouge from complications of a stroke he suffered June 14, current Justice Kitty Kimball told The Associated....

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