NOLA Asks SCOTUS To Review State Law Eliminating Criminal Clerk's Office

New Orleans city officials say they plan to take the legal battle over the parish clerk of court job to the U.S. Supreme Court.

A new state law passed this year eliminated the Orleans Parish Criminal Clerk of Court position and consolidated it with the clerk of civil court.

Since the action removed newly elected Calvin Duncan from office, the city claims it voided the results of an election.

The city will ask the Supreme Court to determine the constitutionality of the new law, and to review the state supreme court's decision to uphold it.