Ortique, Revius Oliver, Jr., 1924-2008

found: U.S. Cong. Senate. Comm. on Labor and Human Resources. Nomination, hearing ... 1979:t.p. (Revius O. Ortique, Jr. of Louisiana, to be member of the Board of Directors, Legal Services Corporation) p. 25 (Revius Oliver Ortique, Jr.; b. June 14, 1924, New Orleans, La.)

found: SSDI via Ancestry.com WWW site, viewed Oct. 12, 2018(Revius O. Ortique; b. June 14, 1924; d. June 22, 2008; last residence: Baton Rouge, La.)

found: NOLA.com WWW site, viewed Oct. 12, 2018(in obituary posted June 22, 2008: Revius Ortique Jr.; b. Revius Oliver Ortique Jr., New Orleans; d. today [June 22, 2008], aged 84; civil-rights lawyer who became the first African-American justice elected to the Louisiana Supreme Court; appointed in 1978 to a seat on the Civil District bench to complete the term of Adrian Duplantier, whom President Carter had appointed to a federal district judgeship; elected in 1979 to fill out the term of Oliver Carriere, who was retiring; re-elected without opposition in 1984; elected chief judge two years later; elected in 1992 to the state Supreme Court; stepped down two years later on his 70th birthday)