Electing court clerks
City of New Orleans v. Chelsey Richard Napoleon
In brief
- Where it stands
- Petition Pending
Awaiting an order on the petition
- What it’s about
- New Orleans and other officials ask the Supreme Court to review Louisiana Act 15, which the petition says abolished the elected Orleans Parish criminal-court clerk’s office after the 2025 election and transferred its duties to the civil-court clerk.
- What's at stake
- The unresolved dispute concerns whether Orleans Parish voters can elect the official who oversees elections and handles functions tied to criminal cases.
Summary: written with AI from the case record.
What it's about
The petition was distributed for conference; that is not a decision to hear the case.
The petition says Act 15 abolished the elected Orleans Parish criminal-court clerk’s office after the 2025 election and transferred its duties to the civil-court clerk.
The dispute focuses on how Act 15 changed the duties of Orleans Parish’s elected criminal-court clerk.
Question presented
1. Whether Act 15 violates the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by depriving Orleans Parish voters of the effect of their votes? 2. Whether Act 15 violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment by depriving Orleans Parish voters, but not the voters in any other parish, of the ability to elect the official that oversees elections and manages the functions associated with criminal proceedings?
What happens next
The petition was distributed for a Dec. 4, 2026, conference. That does not guarantee the Court will act on that date.
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