E. Joseph Bleich (born 1950) was a justice of the

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in 1996. Born in

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, Bleich graduated from Ruston High School in 1968 and attended Louisiana Tech University before receiving his J.D. from the Louisiana State University law school (now the

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) at Louisiana State University in 1973. He served as an assistant district attorney for the Third Judicial District of Louisiana from 1975 to 1978, and was elected to one term in the

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, from 1980 to 1982, during which he chaired that body's Judiciary Committee. From 1982 to 1985, he was a Louisiana District Court judge. Bleich was appointed as an associate justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court on May 3, 1996, to the seat vacated by the retirement of

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, who had been confirmed to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Bleich was defeated in his bid for reelection to the seat by contender Chet D. Traylor,"High court to hear challenge", ''The Alexandria Town Talk'' (November 13, 1996), p. 32. and his term ended on December 31, 1996.

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