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District Judge Monty L. Doggett issued arrest warrants when he was too drunk to read them, was sometimes so intoxicated that court had to be canceled, and once had to be carried out of his courtroom by deputies, the Louisiana Supreme Court said in its unanimous ruling Tuesday….

Doggett claimed that since he was re-elected after his alcoholism was made public, his constituents were aware of his problem and did not care.

— New Orleans Business.com