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| | 1. | Defendant who negligently damages power lines is liable to utility's
customers
Cleco Corp. v. Leonard Johnson, No. 2001-CC-0175 (La. 9/18/01) [8 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 9, Issue 9 Plaintiff Cleco Corp. brought this action for damages suffered by its customers when defendant driver ran his dump truck into a utility pole... view full summary | | CIVIL PROCEDURE
| | 2. | Prescription of tax collection by the government is continuously
interrupted by filing of fraudulent return
Elevating Boats, Inc. v. St. Bernard Parish, et al., No. 00-C-3518 (La. 9-5-01) [34 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 9, Issue 9 Plaintiff Elevating Boats, Inc. filed two petitions for refund of taxes paid under protest, and the two suits were consolidated. Elevating B... view full summary | | STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
| | 3. | Bills regulating public trusts as state agencies are constitutional
Louisiana Public Facilities Authority v. Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Jr., No. 01-CA-0009 (La. 9/18/01) [18 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 9, Issue 9 Plaintiff the Louisiana Public Facilities Authority ("LPFA") was created in 1974 pursuant to the Public Trusts Act, La.R.S. SS 9:2341, e... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 4. | Validity of waiver of counsel and guilty plea is based upon entire
record
State v. Vaughn E. Hinson, No. 01-KK-1548 (La. 9/14/01) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 9, Issue 9 The Court granted certiorari and reversed the trial court's granting of the defendant's motion to quash the bill of information and ruling t... view full summary | | 5. | Double jeopardy permits conviction on more than one count, when
separate acts violate the same statute
State v. Earnest L. Murray, No. 00-K-1258 (La. 9/18/01) [6 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 9, Issue 9 Defendant was convicted of two counts of attempted first degree murder, La.R.S. Section 14:30(A)(3) ("[w]hen the offender has a specific int... view full summary |
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