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| STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT
| 1. | City ordinance authorizing private collection of delinquent ad valorem taxes and imposing collection fee violated Louisiana Constitution. Jimmie J. Jackson v. The City of New Orleans, 2012-CA-2742 c/w 2012-CA-2743 (La. 01/28/14) [31 pp.] From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 2 Plaintiffs are Orleans Parish property owners who untimely paid ad valorem taxes to the City of New
Orleans and contested a penalty an... view full summary | | WORKERS' COMPENSATION
| 2. | Employer entitled to summary judgment where plaintiffs could not meet high burden of proving intentional tort. Rhonda Danos v. Boh Bros. Construction Co., LLC, 2013-CC-2605 (La. 02/07/14) [3 pp.] From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 2 While working in the course of his employment with defendant, Ronald Martin was directed to use
a cutting saw to cut a pipe that was l... view full summary | | TORTS
| 3. | Court reinstated district court judgment finding contributory negligence and denying future medical damages in school bus accident case. Shenan Smith Purvis v. Grant Parish School Board, 2013-C-1424 (La. 02/14/14) [16 pp.] From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 2 Plaintiff was driving her automobile in rural Grant Parish southbound along a narrow, unpaved road
with no striped centerline of demar... view full summary | | JUVENILE
| 4. | Statutes restricting juvenile's right to bear arms and to conceal firearm on his person survived strict scrutiny analysis. State in the Interest of J.M., 2013-CK-1717 c/w 2013-KA-1772 (La. 01/28/14) [19 pp.] From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 2 Prior to its recent amendment, La. Const. art. I, Section 11 provided, "The right of each citizen to keep and
bear arms shall not be a... view full summary | | CRIMINAL
| 5. | District court committed reversible error in admitting evidence of tracking by bloodhounds; defendant entitled to new trial. State v. Corey W. Oliphant, 2013-K-2973 (La. 02/21/14) [10 pp.] From LSCR Volume 22, Issue 2 A man armed with a pistol robbed the Tobacco Warehouse in Natchitoches one afternoon in 2005.
A store employee described the robber as... view full summary |
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