Joe William Sanders (May 31, 1915 – June 8, 1994) was a justice of the

Louisiana Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Louisiana (french: Cour suprême de Louisiane) is the highest court and court of last resort in the U.S. state of Louisiana. The modern Supreme Court, composed of seven justices, meets in the French Quarter of New Orlea ...

from November 7, 1960, to December 31, 1980, serving as chief justice from March 14, 1973, to December 31, 1980.Joe W. Sanders
, The Know Louisiana Encyclopedia of Louisiana. Born in

Pleasant Hill, Sabine Parish, Louisiana Pleasant Hill is a village in Sabine Parish in western Louisiana, United States. As of the 2010 census, the village population was 1,232. It is best known as the site of The Battle of Pleasant Hill, a Civil War engagement fought in April 1864. ...

, Sanders was raised on a family farm in

Sabine Parish Sabine Parish ( French: ''Paroisse de la Sabine'') is a parish located in the U.S. state of Louisiana. As of the 2010 census, the population was 24,233. The seat of the parish is Many. Sabine was one of five parishes created in as many week ...

. He received a BA from

Louisiana State University Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 nea ...

in 1935, and an LL.B. from the same institution in 1938.Louisiana Supreme Court Justices, 1813-Present: Joe W. Sanders (1915-1994)
, Louisiana Supreme Court. He succeeded

James D. Simon James Dudley Simon (January 30, 1897 – October 23, 1982) was a Louisiana politician who served on the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1955 to 1960. Biography Born in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, Simon graduated from the Tulane U ...

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