| PROPERTY
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| 1. | Issue of fact precluded summary judgment in tax sale dispute.
Crescent City Property Redevelopment Association, LLC v. Carmen Muniz, 2020-CA-0421 (La. 06/01/2021) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 6
In 2002 plaintiff purchased the property at 3028-30 Bienville Street in New Orleans at a tax
sale for unpaid ad valorem taxes for the years 1997-2001. In 200... view full summary |
| STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
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| 2. | Court reinstates Civil Service Commission's decision upholding NOPD's demotion of former lieutenant based on harassing workplace conduct.
Jimmie Turner v. New Orleans Police Department, 2021-C-00476 (La. 06/29/2021) [3 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 6
Jimmie Turner was employed by the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) as a police
lieutenant with permanent status. In January 2017 Sergeant Peter... view full summary |
| DOMESTIC RELATIONS
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| 3. | Court nullifies ex parte temporary order of child custody.
Amanda Frances Anderson v. Mehgan Ciara Kutsyk, 2021-CC-00857 (La. 06/23/2021) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 6
The district court granted a temporary order of child custody in April 2021. The relator filed
a "motion to deem ex parte temporary order null and void" for failure to ... view full summary |
| CRIMINAL
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| 4. | Defendant entitled to suppress fruits of warrantless search of his bedroom.
State v. Herman Raney, 2021-KK-00349 (La. 05/25/2021) [4 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 6
Orlantez Brown told Detective Edwards with the East Baton Rouge Parish Police Department
that there would be evidence of Brown's involvement in the burglary ... view full summary |
| 5. | State must notify defense counsel of order in which cases will be called for trial.
State v. Bryant Scott Tanner, 2021-KK-00698 (La. 05/23/2021) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 6
In this case from the 22nd Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Tammany, the Court granted a
supervisory writ and issued a brief per curiam ordering the State to e... view full summary |
| 6. | District court erred in granting motion to withdraw sex offender's guilty plea.
State v. James Toomey, 2021-KP-0420 (La. 06/01/2021) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 6
Defendant pled guilty to a sex offense that required him to comply with the Louisiana sex-
offender registration requirements. He later moved to withdraw his g... view full summary |
| 7. | Court orders district court to provide copies of jury polling slips to defendant with names redacted.
State v. Steven Jermaine Charles, 2021-KK-00466 (La. 06/01/2021) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 6
In this one-paragraph per curiam, the Court granted a supervisory writ in part and ordered
the district court to "review the sealed jury polling slips and provide copie... view full summary |
| 8. | State abused its authority to dismiss and reinstitute charges.
State v. Calvin M. Williams, Jr., 2021-K-00205 (La. 06/08/2021) [8 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 6
Immediately prior to the start of trial, the district court granted defendant's motion to
exclude a cellphone video that the State failed to authe... view full summary |
| 9. | Court orders jury instruction on insanity in first-degree murder re-trial.
State v. Anthony Dearmas, 2021-KK-00884 (La. 06/24/2021) [2 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 6
Defendant was convicted in 2019 of the first-degree murder of his six-week-old son and
sentenced to life in prison. The verdict was not unanimous, with 11 ... view full summary |
| CIVIL PROCEDURE
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| 10. | Answer by one defendant did not interrupt abandonment period as to unserved defendant.
Sheila Williams v. Angela Montgomery, 2020-C-01120 (La. 05/13/2021) [16 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 5
Plaintiff alleged she was injured in a fall on May 3, 2013, at a trailer she rented from Angela
Montgomery. Plaintiff filed suit on May 2, 2014, against Montgo... view full summary |
| 11. | Dismissed suit against state defendants did not interrupt prescription on second suit filed before dismissal.
Albert Davis v. State through LA Racing Commission, 2020-CC-01020 (La. 05/13/2021) [12 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 5
In 2017 plaintiff filed suit against the Louisiana State Racing Commission, state veterinarian
Edward Todd, state employee Jocko Fontenot, and other individuals. ... view full summary |
| INSURANCE
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| 12. | Court reverses finding that subcontractor was covered by insurance policy.
Cameron Soule v. Woodward Design + Build LLC, 2021-CC-00322 (La. 05/11/2021) [5 pp.]
From LSCR Volume 29, Issue 5
Woodward Design+Build served as general contractor on a condominium construction
project in New Orleans. As required by the owner, Woodward obtained ... view full summary |