J. Cleveland Frugé

Joseph Cleveland Frugé (1900 – 1991) was a justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from September 8, 1949, to December 12, 1949.[1][2]

Born near Basile, Louisiana, Frugé received his law degree from Loyola Law School in 1922, and entered the private practice of law.[1] He served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1928 to 1930, when he became an Assistant District Attorney in the Thirteenth Judicial District. In 1935 he became a Louisiana District Court judge, holding that office until 1954, interrupted by a temporary appointment to the Louisiana Supreme Court to fill out the remaining three months of the term of retiring Chief Justice Charles Austin O'Niell.[1] From 1960 until his retirement in 1979, Frugé served as a judge of the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal.[1]

References
  1. "Joseph Cleveland Frugé (1900 – 1991)". Louisiana Supreme Court. Archived from the original on 2019-06-09. Retrieved May 15, 2020.
  2. "Louisiana Supreme Court Justices, 1813–Present". Louisiana Supreme Court. Archived from the original on 2019-06-08. Retrieved May 16, 2020.


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