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| | 1. | State could not rely on equity as defense to inverse condemnation claim.
Daniel Saloom v. State of Louisiana, 2022-CC-00596 (La. 12/09/2022) [13 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 30, Issue 12
The property at issue was part of an 80-acre tract purchased by Clarence Saloom in 1953
during his marriage to Pauline Womac Saloom. Pauline died in 1973, and plaintiff... view full summary | | SUCCESSIONS
| | 2. | Legal wife not entitled to any portion of deceased husband's community assets from subsequent absolutely null marriage where putative spouses were in good faith.
Succession of Willie Clyde Burns, 2022-C-00263 (La. 12/09/2022) [11 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 30, Issue 12
Willie Clyde Burns married Silver Ruth Cooper in 1959. They lived in Claiborne Parish and
had three children. They separated almost seven years later in 1966. That year... view full summary | | DOMESTIC RELATIONS
| | 3. | District court abused its discretion in imposing 510-day suspended jail sentence for contempt of court in grandparents' visitation case.
Herbert Anny v. Jonathan Jamal Johnson, 2022-C-01410 (La. 12/06/2022) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 30, Issue 12
Herbert and Tina Anny sued their former son-in-law, Jonathan Johnson, for visitation rights
as to the Annys' minor grandson, the son of Johnson and the An... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| | 4. | Evidence of third-party heroin overdoses not admissible.
State v. Roderick Hackett, 2022-KK-01322 (La. 12/06/2022) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 30, Issue 12
Defendant was charged with possession with intent to distribute heroin in 2019. The State
sought to introduce evidence of defendant's earlier 2016 guilty-plea convictio... view full summary | | 5. | Defendant entitled to immunity granted by drug-overdose statute.
State v. Quandarious Rowe, 2022-K-00206 (La. 12/09/2022) [16 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 30, Issue 12
During a fair in Washington Parish, an attendee alerted a sheriff's deputy, Sergeant Michael
Thomas, that a man in a public bathroom was sitting on the floor with his p... view full summary | | BAR / DISCIPLINARY / ETHICS
| | 6. | Court reverses sanction against attorney in interdiction proceeding.
In the Matter of the Interdiction of Garrett J. Claybourn, 2022-C-1280 (La. 11/16/2022) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 30, Issue 11
In February 2021 Francis Elizabeth Claybourn instituted this proceeding for the temporary
interdiction of her husband, 84-year-old Garrett J. Claybourn. Mrs. Claybourn ... view full summary | | TORTS
| | 7. | Lower courts erred in increasing jury's award for past non-economic damages.
Bryan Arnold Richman, Jr. v. The Travelers Indemnity Co., 2022-C-01059 (La. 11/01/22) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 30, Issue 11
This case arose from a car accident in Gonzales. Plaintiff was rear-ended by Shannon Rhodus
while stopped at a stop light. Rhodus was driving a Ford F-250 owned by his... view full summary | | 8. | Plaintiff failed to meet his burden of showing homeowner's knowledge of electrical defect.
Otis Jones v. Whips Electric, LLC, 2022-CC-01035 (La. 11/22/2022) [8 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 30, Issue 11
In May 2017 Gregory Browne and his wife, while residing in Texas, purchased a home in New
Orleans. Browne hired Paradise Pools and Spas, Inc., to install a pool and Afr... view full summary | | CIVIL PROCEDURE
| | 9. | Court assesses costs against State in mooted prisoner complaint.
Charles Butler v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections, 2022-CI-0844 (La. 11/01/2022) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 30, Issue 11
Plaintiff was a prisoner in the custody of defendant. In September 2020 he submitted a
request for an administrative remedy procedure (ARP) alleging the i... view full summary | | 10. | Attorney general had right to intervene in suit alleging violation of Dual Officeholding and Dual Employment Law.
J. Schuyler Marvin v. Robert Berry, 2022-C-00969 (La. 11/01/2022) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 30, Issue 11
In July 2020 the Louisiana Attorney General notified Robert Berry of a complaint that he was
violating Louisiana's Dual Officeholding and Dual Employment Law, La. R.S. ... view full summary | | 11. | Court clarifies application of lis pendens doctrine.
Saulsbury Industries, Inc. v. Cabot Corporation, 2022-C-01162 (La. 11/01/2022) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 30, Issue 11
Cleco Power, LLC, and Cabot Corporation contracted with Saulsbury Industries, Inc., to be
the prime contractor on a project to construct and develop a 50-megawatt renew... view full summary | | 12. | Debtors should proceed with challenge to default deficiency judgment through petition to annul, not appeal of judgment.
Home Bank, N.A. v. Golden LA Properties, LLC, 2022-C-01204 (La. 11/08/2022) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 30, Issue 11
In 2015 Golden LA Properties, LLC, executed a promissory note with a principal balance of
almost $3 million in favor of plaintiff. To secure the note, Golden signed a m... view full summary |
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