| STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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| 1. | Court rejects challenges to incorporation of City of St. George.
Mayor-President Sharon Broome v. Chris Rials, 2023-C-01108 c/w 2023-C-01118 (La. 04/26/2024) [37 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
A petition for incorporation of the City of St. George was filed on March 2, 2018. The area at
issue is located south of and adjacent to the City of Baton Rouge and wit... view full summary |
| TORTS
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| 2. | District court had reasonable basis for finding legal malpractice action perempted.
Gregory Faia v. ABC Insurance Company, 2024-C-00144 (La. 04/09/2024) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
Attorney Greg Faia filed this suit on April 23, 2021, against attorney Stacy Palowsky and
Palowsky Law, LLC. Faia alleged that Palowsky committed ... view full summary |
| CONTRACTS
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| 3. | Redhibition case remanded to court of appeal for manifest error review instead of de novo.
Michael Desparois v. Timmons International, LLC (La. 04/09/2024) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
Defendant was in the business of buying, selling, and leasing new and used 18-wheeler
trucks. In April 2016 it sold plaintiff a 2009 Caterpillar Internatio... view full summary |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE
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| 4. | Judgment could be nullified in part on basis of ill practices.
Jason Christopher Shaffette v. City of Slidell, 2024-C-0063 c/w 0065 (La. 04/03/2024) [6 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
Plaintiff filed suit in 2016 against the City of Slidell and St. Tammany Parish alleging they
caused erosion of his immoveable property that was bounded by a drainage c... view full summary |
| 5. | Plaintiff with untimely opposition not entitled to continuance of hearing on summary judgment motion.
Oria Lee Hadwin, Jr. v. ABC Insurance Company, 2024-CC-00072 (La. 04/09/2024) [5 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
Plaintiff filed this suit alleging legal malpractice by Christian D. Chesson and Christian D.
Chesson, APLC in connection with ... view full summary |
| 6. | District court ordered to comply with 2019 remand order.
Liquidation Properties, Inc. v Jamie P. Labranche, 2024-OC-00330 (La. 04/10/2024) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
In this action for a mortgage foreclosure by ordinary process, the district court granted
summary judgment for plaintiff. In 2018 it issued a "reformed... view full summary |
| CRIMINAL
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| 7. | Defendant entitled to suppression of evidence from investigatory stop.
State v. Myron Bland, 2023-KK-01632 (La. 04/03/2024) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
This opinion with no factual detail indicates an officer conducted an investigatory stop of
defendant in Jefferson Parish and ultimately arrested him. Defendant moved ... view full summary |
| 8. | Court reinstates judgment denying motion to quash officer's indictment for malfeasance in office.
State v. Ryan Chapman, 2024-KK-00017 (La. 04/03/2024) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
In 2021 defendant, then a Caddo Parish Sheriff's Office (CPSO) deputy, went with two other
deputies to a property in Keithville to investigate a tip that ... view full summary |
| 9. | Court remands for hearing in light of conflicting date stamps.
State v. Alonzo Defillo, 2023-KP-01567 (La. 04/03/2024) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
Defendant filed a motion to reconsider sentence, which the district court denied as untimely. The Fourth Circuit denied defendant's application for writs. The Court g... view full summary |
| 10. | Evidence insufficient to support protective order violations.
State v. David Bourgeois, 2023-K-00862 (La. 04/09/2024) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
Defendant was convicted of four violations of a protective order under La. R.S. 14:79. The
underlying conduct involved defendant on four occasions parking near... view full summary |
| 11. | In camera inspection of grand jury testimony was warranted.
State v. Thibodeaux, 2024-KK-00212 (La. 04/09/2024) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
Defendant filed a motion for production and inspection of grand jury testimony. The district
court denied the motion, and the First Circuit denied defendant's appli... view full summary |
| 12. | Court reverses grant of motion to suppress.
State v. Jaleel Green, 2024-KK-00475 (La. 04/17/2024) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
On August 15, 2023, Officer Patrick McFarlane responded to a call for service at an address
on Gravier Street in New Orleans relating to a possibly armed subject seen i... view full summary |
| 13. | District court ordered to comply with previous order or show cause at hearing.
State v. Donald Ray Link, 2022-KH-00434 (La. 04/19/2024) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
In May 2022 the Court issued a supervisory writ to the 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of
East Baton Rouge, to address defendant's representation that t... view full summary |
| 14. | District court abused discretion in denying motion to substitute expert and finding contempt in post-conviction proceeding.
State ex rel. Antoine Tate v. Hooper, 2023-KP-01409 (La. 04/24/2024) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 4
Petitioner was convicted of first-degree murder in 2000 and sentenced to death. The Court
affirmed his conviction and sentence in 2003. Post-conviction litigati... view full summary |