Evelyn L. Wilson (1949–2024) was former Horatio C. Thompson Endowed Professor of Law at Southern University Law Center; author of The Justices of the Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1865–1880 and Laws, Customs and Rights: Charles Hatfield and His Family, A Louisiana History; and coauthor of Louisiana Property Law: The Civil Code, Cases, and Commentary.
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