# Pillow v. Board of Commissioners for the Fifth Louisiana Levee District

> Supreme Court of Louisiana · April 24, 1981 · 399 So. 2d 210

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/7510490

## Case

- **Full name:** Dudley B. PILLOW, Jr. v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR the FIFTH LOUISIANA LEVEE DISTRICT
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Louisiana
- **Decided:** April 24, 1981
- **Citations:** 399 So. 2d 210; 1981 La. LEXIS 7904
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Marcusblanchelemmon
- **Judges:** Blanche, Lemmon, Marcus
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

MARCUS, BLANCHE and LEMMON, JJ.,
would grant a continuance. The trial judge after permitting counsel to withdraw from the case abused her much discretion in denying the client a continuance in order to obtain new counsel and to afford new counsel an opportunity to prepare for a complex case.

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