Jury sides with Louisiana Supreme Court justice in rare defamation win for public official

A jury sided with Louisiana Supreme Court Justice Jeff Hughes Monday, finding a local newspaper and two former editors defamed him in a 2019 editorial. The Iberville Parish jury awarded Hughes $300,000 for an investigative editorial published in Baton Rouge-based publication, The Advocate, according to New Orleans CBS affiliate, WWL-TV. The justice originally sought $10…