William Pike Hall Jr., known as Pike Hall Jr. (May 27, 1931 – November 25, 1999), was an associate justice of the

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from 1990 to 1994. Hall attended Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia, and Louisiana State University, and received a J.D. from the Louisiana State University Law Center in

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in 1953. Hall practiced in Shreveport for a time, and served on the Caddo Parish School Board.''

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'' (November 4, 1964). In 1970, Hall was elected to the Louisiana Court of Appeal for the Second Circuit, where he served until 1990, when he became an associate justice of the

. He served in that position until his retirement from the bench in 1994."Louisiana: Pike Hall Jr.", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2007–2008'' (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, New Jersey, 2007), p. 660. Hall died in Shreveport at the age of 68. The appeals court building in Shreveport was named in his honor.

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