Burrell Carter

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Burrell Carter

Prior offices:

Louisiana 1st Circuit Court of Appeal 3rd District

Education

Law

Louisiana State University, 1958

Burrell J. Carter, Jr. was a chief judge of the Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal and served in the Third District. He served in that capacity from August 1, 2000 until his last term expired on December 31, 2012.

Education

Judge Carter graduated from LSU Law School in 1958.

Awards and associations

• American Bar Association Judicial Division Ethics and Professionalism Committee, 2007-2008
• 2009 Inductee Justice Hall of Fame, Angola Museum, Louisiana State Penitentiary Museum Foundation

Noteworthy cases

In a ruling against the Natural Born Killers case Chief Judge Burrell J. Carter said, "Edmondson's and [Darras'] decision to imitate the characters of a film is more a regrettable commentary on their own culpability, than a danger of free expression requiring courts to chill such speech through civil penalties..."

See also

• Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal
• Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal

External links

• Louisiana Court of Appeal First Circuit Website
• LSBA member Directory

Footnotes

Louisiana courts

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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