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==Background==

==Background==

   

   

Victory was born to Thomas Edward and the former Esther Horton. In 1963, he graduated from C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport as a member of the National Honor Society. He entered [[Methodist]]-affiliated [[Centenary College]] in Shreveport on an athletic scholarship and graduated in 1967 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in history and government.<ref name=bio/> While in college, Victory worked at the former [[Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant]] west of Minden and as a roughneck in [[petroleum]] production.<ref name=lionsclub>{{cite web|url=http://www.northshreveportlions.org/072204.htm|title=North Shreveport Lions Club,  July 22, 2004|publisher=northshreveportlions.org|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref>

Victory was born to Thomas Edward and the former Esther Horton. In 1963, he graduated from C. E. Byrd High School in Shreveport as a member of the National Honor Society. He entered [[Methodist]]-affiliated Centenary College in Shreveport on an athletic scholarship and graduated in 1967 with a [[Bachelor of Arts]] in history and government.<ref name=bio/> While in college, Victory worked at the former [[Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant]] west of Minden and as a roughneck in [[petroleum]] production.<ref name=lionsclub>{{cite web|url=http://www.northshreveportlions.org/072204.htm|title=North Shreveport Lions Club,  July 22, 2004|publisher=northshreveportlions.org|accessdate=June 26, 2012}}</ref>

In 1967, he entered  the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Tulane University]] School of Law in [[New Orleans]] on a regional scholarship. He served on the ''Tulane Law Review''. While at Tulane, he enlisted in the Special Airborne Forces of the Louisiana National Guard. After graduation from Tulane in 1971, he practiced in the Shreveport firm of Tucker Jeter and Jackson.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/justices/victory.asp|title=Louisiana Supreme Court: Associate Justice Jeffrey P. Victory|publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=June 24, 2012}}</ref>  

In 1967, he entered  the [[Roman Catholic]] [[Tulane University]] School of Law in [[New Orleans]] on a regional scholarship. He served on the ''Tulane Law Review''. While at Tulane, he enlisted in the Special Airborne Forces of the Louisiana National Guard. After graduation from Tulane in 1971, he practiced in the Shreveport firm of Tucker Jeter and Jackson.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lasc.org/justices/victory.asp|title=Louisiana Supreme Court: Associate Justice Jeffrey P. Victory|publisher=lasc.org|accessdate=June 24, 2012}}</ref>  

Victory is a member of the committee which has been organizing a new law school being built in downtown Shreveport through the auspices of [[Baptist]]-affiliated [[Louisiana College]] in Pineville.<ref>"Judge Paul Pressler School of Law", ''Columns: The Magazine for Louisiana College Alumni and Friends'', Winter 2010, p. 17</ref>

Victory is a member of the committee which has been organizing a new law school being built in downtown Shreveport through the auspices of [[Baptist]]-affiliated Louisiana College in Pineville in central Louisiana.<ref>"Judge Paul Pressler School of Law", ''Columns: The Magazine for Louisiana College Alumni and Friends'', Winter 2010, p. 17</ref>

==Consideration for chief justice==

==Consideration for chief justice==

Meanwhile, Victory is seeking to succeed Catherine D. Kimball of Ventress in Pointe Coupee Parish as the chief justice of the court. Effective February 1, 2013, Kimball is retiring because of health problems. Victory and another justice, Bernette Joshua Johnson, an African American from New Orleans, claim the right to succeed Kimball under the Louisiana Constitution, which directs that the longest-serving associate justice becomes the chief justice if a vacancy occurs in the higher position prior to the next regular election. Johnson's service dates to 1994 when she was elected to a circuit judgeship but was instead appointed to the Supreme Court under a federal [[consent decree]] which temporarily increased the number of justices from seven to eight. Victory maintains that he is the legitimate successor because he was elected to the Supreme Court in 1994 while he was already a circuit court judge for nearly four years. If the state Supreme Court is unable to resolve the issue of Kimball's successor, federal courts will decide the outcome.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/viewart/20120624/NEWS01/206240333/Race-tinges-debate-over-next-La-chief-justice|title=Race tinges debate over next La. chief justice|publisher=''Alexandria Daily Town Talk'', June 24, 2012|access date=June 26, 2012}}</ref>  

Meanwhile, Victory is seeking to succeed Catherine D. Kimball of Ventress in Pointe Coupee Parish as the chief justice of the court. Effective February 1, 2013, Kimball is retiring because of health problems. Victory and another justice, Bernette Joshua Johnson, an African American from New Orleans, claim the right to succeed Kimball under the Louisiana Constitution, which directs that the longest-serving associate justice becomes the chief justice if a vacancy occurs in the higher position prior to the next regular election. Johnson's service dates to 1994 when she was elected to a circuit judgeship but was instead appointed to the Supreme Court under a federal consent decree which temporarily increased the number of justices from seven to eight. Victory maintains that he is the legitimate successor because he was elected to the Supreme Court in 1994 while he was already a circuit court judge for nearly four years. If the state Supreme Court is unable to resolve the issue of Kimball's successor, federal courts will decide the outcome.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thetowntalk.com/viewart/20120624/NEWS01/206240333/Race-tinges-debate-over-next-La-chief-justice|title=Race tinges debate over next La. chief justice|publisher=''Alexandria Daily Town Talk'', June 24, 2012|access date=June 26, 2012}}</ref>  

   

   

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