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| 1. | Judge Eboni Johnson Rose suspended pending disciplinary proceedings.
In re: Judge Eboni Johnson Rose, 2024-O-00931 (La. 08/06/2024) [6 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 8
On recommendation of the Judiciary Commission, the Court immediately disqualified 19th
Judicial District Court Judge Eboni Johnson Rose from exercising any judicial f... view full summary |
| STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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| 2. | Judge Marcus Hunter disqualified as candidate for Justice of Louisiana Supreme Court.
Elisa Knowles Collins v. Leslie Ricard Chambers, 2024-C-01005 (La. 08/20/2024) [13 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 8
Plaintiff challenged the candidacy of two people seeking election to the office of Associate
Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court for District Two. The candidacy of t... view full summary |
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| 3. | Officers were justified in initiating investigatory stop of vehicle.
State v. James E. Tate, 2024-KK-00927 (La. 08/20/2024) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 8
At approximately 7:30 p.m. on December 1, 2023, New Orleans police officers observed a
grey Camaro with red racing stripes and an invalid license plate idlin... view full summary |
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| 4. | Amazon was LPLA seller of battery charger that allegedly caused house fire and death.
Angela Pickard v. Amazon.com, Inc., 2023-CQ-01596 (La. 06/28/2024) [20 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 7
Archie Pickard purchased a battery charger through Amazon.com (Amazon). Amazon's
website included products sold by Amazon as the retailer and by third-part... view full summary |
| 5. | Court reallocates fault and reduces general damage and consortium awards in case arising from truck crash.
Barber Brothers Contracting Company, LLC v. Capitol City Produce Company, LLC, 2023-C-00788 (La. 06/28/2024) [52 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 7
In March 2018 Barber Brothers Contracting Company, LLC, was working on a Louisiana
DOTD project on the I-10 exits for LA-3188 in Laplace. The project requir... view full summary |
| PROPERTY
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| 6. | Negotiorum gestio did not provide way for unit operator to be reimbursed for post-production costs.
James Self v. BPX Operating Company, 2023-CQ-01242 (La. 06/28/2024) [30 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 7
Plaintiffs filed suit as purported representatives of a putative class of plaintiffs who own
unleased mineral interests in Louisiana situated within ... view full summary |
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| 7. | LSU required to disclose documents regarding wild bird research under public records law.
People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals v. Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University, 2023-C-01396 (La. 06/26/2024) [33 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 7
This case arose from a series of eight public records requests sent by plaintiff to LSU, seeking
records related to the use and treatment of wild songbirds in the labs ... view full summary |
| 8. | Paying inverse condemnation judgment was ministerial duty that could be object of mandamus.
Watson Memorial Spiritual Temple of Christ v. Korban, 2024-C-00055 (La. 06/28/2024) [24 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 7
Plaintiffs are a group of neighbors who claimed the Sewerage and Water Board of New
Orleans (SWB) damaged and interfered with their use and enjoyment of t... view full summary |
| 9. | Court orders public trial in case against Office of Financial Institutions.
Troy Lillie v. Stanford Trust Company, 2024-CC-00922 (La. 07/20/2024) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 7
This ongoing securities litigation arising from R. Allen Stanford's Ponzi scheme included as
a defendant the State of Louisiana, through the Office of Fin... view full summary |
| CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
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| 10. | On rehearing, Court reverses course, vacates original opinion, holds that statute reviving prescribed claims for sexual abuse of minors does not violate constitution.
Douglas Bienvenu v. Defendant, 2023-CC-01194 (La. 06/12/2024) [26 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 6
In September 2018 plaintiffs filed suit against The Society of Roman Catholic Church, Diocese
of Lafayette, and St. Martin De Tours Catholic Church. Plaintiffs alleged,... view full summary |
| BAR / DISCIPLINARY / ETHICS
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| 11. | Court recuses two of three judges on court of appeal panel.
Ramelli Janitorial Service, Inc. v. IV Waste, LLC, 2024-OC-00497 (La. 05/29/2024) [5 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 6
In this Orleans Parish suit between two waste disposal rivals, a writ application was filed
with the Fourth Circuit. The matter was assigned to a three-judge panel that... view full summary |
| 12. | Court reinstates denial of summary judgment for defendant judges in case alleging destruction of documents by law clerk.
Stanley R. Palowsky, III v. Allyson Campbell, 2024-CC-00093 (La. 06/05/2024) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 32, Issue 6
Plaintiff filed suit against a law clerk employed by the Fourth Judicial District Court as well
as against certain judges of the court. Plaintiff alleged that in an earlie... view full summary |