Rene A. Viosca

Rene A. Viosca (November 14, 1890 – September 16, 1973) was a Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1959 to 1960.

As a state court judge, in 1957, Viosca ruled that in favor of boxer Ralph Dupas in a suit to establish Dupas' race, with Dupas contending that he was white, and therefore permitted to box white opponents in then-segregated Louisiana.[1]

Viosca ran for the Louisiana Supreme Court unsuccessfully, but was temporarily appointed to the court following the sudden death of Justice Amos Lee Ponder.[2][3]

References

"New Orleans Judge Rules Ralph Dupas White", Jet, Vol. XIII, No. 2 (November 14, 1957), p. 55.
"Associate Justice Amos Ponder Dies", The Greenwood Commonwealth (October 19, 1959), p. 8.
"Justice Amos Ponder Succumbs To Illness", The Crowley Post-Signal (October 19, 1959), p. 1.

Political offices
Preceded by Amos Lee Ponder	Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court 1959–1960	Succeeded by Frank Summers

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[1] "New Orleans Judge Rules Ralph Dupas White", Jet, Vol. XIII, No. 2 (November 14, 1957), p. 55.

[2] "Associate Justice Amos Ponder Dies", The Greenwood Commonwealth (October 19, 1959), p. 8.

[3] "Justice Amos Ponder Succumbs To Illness", The Crowley Post-Signal (October 19, 1959), p. 1.