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==Defeat in 1956==

==Defeat in 1956==

LeBlanc was unseated in the 1956 Democratic primary by [[Jack P.F. Gremillion]], the choice of Earl Long, the runaway winner of the governor's race that year.  LeBlanc had years earlier taught Gremillion at LSU and claimed that his opponent lacked the capabilities needed for the position of attorney general.<ref name=mherald>"LeBlanc Pledges Segregation Fight," ''Minden Herald','' February 2, 1956, p. 1.</ref>LeBlanc ran in 1956 on the ticket of [[Chep Morrison]] the mayor of [[New Orleans]], who made the first of his three failed gubernatorial bids.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, January 17, 1956.</ref>In the runoff election with Gremillion, LeBlanc pledged a full-fledged fight against racial integration.<ref name=mherald/>

LeBlanc was unseated in the 1956 Democratic primary by [[Jack P. F. Gremillion]], the choice of Earl Long, the runaway winner of the governor's race that year.  LeBlanc had years earlier taught Gremillion at LSU and claimed that his opponent lacked the capabilities needed for the position of attorney general.<ref name=mherald>"LeBlanc Pledges Segregation Fight," ''Minden Herald','' February 2, 1956, p. 1.</ref>LeBlanc ran in 1956 on the ticket of [[Chep Morrison]] the mayor of [[New Orleans]], who made the first of his three failed gubernatorial bids.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, January 17, 1956.</ref>In the runoff election with Gremillion, LeBlanc pledged a full-fledged fight against racial integration.<ref name=mherald/>

After his tenure as attorney general, LeBlanc was soon elected as a [[judge]] of the 19th Judicial District in East Baton Rouge Parish, a position which he assumed on April 11, 1958.<ref name=chs/> In this capacity in the summer of 1959, LeBlanc signed the long-remembered letter which committed his old rival, Earl Long, to undergo psychiatric treatment for paranoid [[schizophrenia]].<ref name=gbooks/> Long later said that signing the order was the "happiest day" of Judge LeBlanc's life.<ref name=gbooks/>  

After his tenure as attorney general, LeBlanc was soon elected as a [[judge]] of the 19th Judicial District in East Baton Rouge Parish, a position which he assumed on April 11, 1958.<ref name=chs/> In this capacity in the summer of 1959, LeBlanc signed the long-remembered letter which committed his old rival, Earl Long, to undergo psychiatric treatment for paranoid [[schizophrenia]].<ref name=gbooks/> Long later said that signing the order was the "happiest day" of Judge LeBlanc's life.<ref name=gbooks/>