No. 23-745

In Re Henry L. Klein

Lower Court: N/A
Docketed: 2024-01-10
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: administrative-review attorney-discipline attorney-regulation axon-v-ftc constitutional-rights due-process judicial-procedure louisiana-supreme-court sec-v-cochran supremacy-clause
Latest Conference: 2024-03-01
Question Presented (from Petition)

Q-l: Did the Louisiana Supreme Court violate the Constitution's Supremacy Clause by DENYING Petitioner's Request to enforce Axon v . FTC and SEC v. Cochran as the supreme law of the land, preempting Louisiana's Disciplinary Rule XIX?

Q-2: Does Louisiana's attorney-regulation scheme provide a"... meaningful judicial review ..." in the form of 20 minutes oral argument on a record devoid of Article III adjudicators and hearing transcripts?

Q-3. Given the combination of prosecutorial and adjudicatory roles in a single ODC deputy, was Petitioner subjected to "... an illegitimate proceeding led by an illegitimate decision-maker ..."? Axon, at 13.

Q-4. Was Petitioner's suspension"... retaliation ..." for his whistle-blower exposure of Girod LoanCo, an admitted vulture fund wielding $400 million in FNBC debt criminally bloated multi-fold?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Did the Louisiana Supreme Court violate the Supremacy Clause by denying Petitioner's request to enforce Axon v. FTC and SEC v. Cochran as the supreme law of the land?

Docket Entries

2024-03-04
Petition DENIED.
2024-02-14
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 3/1/2024.
2024-01-22
Waiver of right of respondent Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court to respond filed.
2024-01-08
Petition for a writ of mandamus and/or prohibition filed. (Response due February 9, 2024)

Attorneys

Henry Klein
Henry Luis KleinHenry L. Klein, Petitioner
Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court
David BeckerGeneral Counsel, Louisiana Supreme Court, Respondent