Patricia Gunter
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Patricia Gunter was a judge of the Franklin Parish Justice Court in Louisiana.[1] She was elected to the court in 2014.[2] She resigned on June 30, 2015, following the U.S. Supreme Court same-sex marriage ruling. Gunter said, "It was pretty black and white for me. I wasn’t going to wait for the states to sort it out."[3]
See also
- Franklin Parish, Louisiana
- Louisiana Justice of the Peace Courts
- Obergefell v. Hodges
- Local government responses to Obergefell v. Hodges
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State, "Elected Officials," accessed March 30, 2015 (Select "By Parish" and scroll to parish name)
- ↑ The News Star, "Franklin Parish qualifying," August 22, 2014
- ↑ The Advocate, "'I can’t uphold the oath that I swore' so I resign, says one justice of the peace, as others grapple with same-sex marriage," June 30, 2015
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Louisiana, Middle District of Louisiana, Western District of Louisiana
State courts:
Louisiana Supreme Court • Louisiana Courts of Appeal • Louisiana District Courts • Louisiana City Courts • Louisiana Family Courts • Louisiana Justice of the Peace Courts • Louisiana Juvenile Courts • Louisiana Mayor’s Courts • Louisiana Municipal Courts • Louisiana Parish Courts • Louisiana Traffic Courts
State resources:
Courts in Louisiana • Louisiana judicial elections • Judicial selection in Louisiana
