Morey Leonard Sear

Morey Leonard Star
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana
In office May 7, 1976 – September 6, 2004
Appointed by	Gerald Ford
Preceded by	James A. Comiskey
Succeeded by	Kurt D. Engelhardt
Personal details
Born	October 29, 1942 (1942-10-29) (age 69) San Francisco, California
Died	September 6, 2004(2004-09-06) (aged 61) New Orleans, Louisiana
Alma mater	Tulane Law School (J.D.)

Morey Leonard Sear (February 26, 1929 – September 6, 2004) was a United States federal judge.

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Sear received a J.D. from Tulane Law School in 1950. He was a Captain in the a United States Marine Corps from 1950 to 1952. He was an Assistant district attorney of Parish of Orleans, Louisiana from 1952 to 1955. He was in private practice in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1955 to 1971. He was a Special counsel, New Orleans Aviation Board, Louisiana from 1956 to 1959.

Sear was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Sear was nominated by President Gerald Ford on March 30, 1976, to a seat vacated by James A. Comiskey. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 6, 1976, and received his commission on May 7, 1976. He served as chief judge from 1992-1999. He assumed senior status on October 31, 2000. Sear served in that capacity until September 6, 2004, due to his death.

U.S. Magistrate, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana, 1971–1976

In 1981, Sear presided over the three-month BriLab trial of Carlos Marcello, Aubrey W. Young, and Charles E. Roemer, II, on charges of conspiracy, racketeering, and mail, and wire fraud in a scheme to defraud the state through multi-million dollar insurance contracts. Roemer, the father of future Governor Buddy Roemer and Marcello, a New Orleans crime figure, were convicted and imprisoned for conspiracy, but Young, a former aide to Governor John J. McKeithen and current staffer to then Lieutenant Governor Robert "Bobby" Freeman, was acquitted of all charges.^[1]

He died in New Orleans.

Sources

1. ^ The New York Times, March 31, 1981, p. 16; May 18, 1981, Section IV, p. 13; July 8, 1981, p. 18; July 31, 1981, p. 6; August 6, 1981, p. 13

• Morey Leonard Sear at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Persondata
Name	Sear, Morey Leonard
Alternative names
Short description	United States federal judge
Date of birth	February 26, 1929
Place of birth	New Orleans, Louisiana
Date of death	September 6, 2004
Place of death	New Orleans, Louisiana