damages, six hundred thousand dollars for defamation and four hundred thousand dollars for intentional infliction of emotional distress. Louisiana v. Perez. Leander Perez Jr., the District Attorney for Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana and State District Judge Eugene V. Leon, Jr., of Plaquemines Parish, were indicted together by State Attorney General William Guste alleging the two men quashed a pending indictment against Perez by preemptively dismissing the grand jury. Perez faced four counts and a possible 12-year prison sentence. Perez' father was noted "Dixiecrat" segregationist and Plaquemines Parish political boss, Leander Perez. The Louisiana State Supreme Court appointed Judge Bailes to preside over the case given the extraordinary legal and political implications. Later life and death Bailes had five children with his second wife. He was a member of Trinity Episcopal Church Episcopal Church and served as a Lay Reader, Vestryman, and Sunday School Superintendent. Bailes died in Shreveport, LA on February 1, 2010, at the age of 95, as a result of complications of a stroke. The Louisiana House of Representatives passed a resolution sponsored by Representative Rick Nowlin, recognizing the life of Judge Bailes and his contribution to the state of Louisiana. References 1915 births 2010 deaths