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Louisiana Supreme Court Justice William Crain authored the judicial discipline opinion. The Louisiana Supreme Court turned down a recommendation to extend a part-time Kaplan City Court judge’s judicial probation period that was imposed after he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor crimes stemming from a groping incident at his January 2017 bachelor party. The Louisiana Judiciary Commission had recommended that F. Stanton Hardee III’s monitoring agreement be extended an additional four years – until Dec. 5, 2026. The high court previously signed off on a parallel recommendation in Hardee’s case by the Office of Disciplinary Council (ODC), which oversees attorney behavior. That disciplinary action established a five-year monitoring that began in December 2017, as well as his suspension from his practice of law for one year, with all but six months deferred. ....
NEW ORLEANS The Supreme Court of Louisiana ruled that Kaplan City Court Judge F. Stanton Hardee III, who was arrested for getting extremely drunk and grabbing a waitress without her consent at his bachelor party, should be suspended from office for two years with all but six months deferred and pay a $2000 fine. The court rejected the Judiciary Commission of Louisiana’s recommendation that he be monitored through 2026. ....