Case law

State v. Darby

403 So. 2d 44 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Jun 22, 1981

LSA-R.S. 15:463. [3] He was not qualified as an expert. No showing was made that the witness had special training or experience in the use of marijuana. LSA-R.S. 15:464. [4] The state's objection was properly sustained. … ASSIGNMENT OF ERROR NUMBER FIVE Defendant contends that two state exhibits were admitted into evidence without a proper chain of custody being established. There was no objection to the exhibits at trial.

Louisiana Pub. Facilities Auth. v. Foster

795 So. 2d 288 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Sep 18, 2001

The Governor's acceptance established the state as the beneficiary of the LPFA trust. … For the purpose of enjoying tort immunity, the LPFA asserted that it was a state agency.

Bertrand v. Sandoz

260 La. 239 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Dec 13, 1971

The hospital thus established at a cost of $892,184 opened with a capacity of 47 beds on May 27, 1957. It was then a three-story structure with only two floors completed. … Indisputably the trust will incur the debt, and trusts are clearly not included within the “subdivisions” intended to be regulated, for they are not named and they are not subdivisions of the State.

Widow & Heirs of Simonin v. Czarnowski

47 La. Ann. 1334 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Jun 3, 1895

Simonin may not have known the “ name ” of the particular attorney who conducted the proceeding, and neither employed him herself nor gave others power to do so, we think it established that she was aware that the succession … It can scarcely, we think, be asserted, after a tutrix and under-tutor had been qualified, that the administration was a “pure simulation.”

State v. Brown

421 So. 2d 854 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Oct 18, 1982

Shuflin, a criminalist who qualified as an expert in the identification of drugs, to testify that the drugs stolen in the burglary were classified as controlled dangerous substances, an essential element of the offense. [ … We believe, therefore, that the Trial Judge did not err when he permitted Kennedy to testify as to the statements of co-conspirators because the record clearly indicates a prima facie case of conspiracy had been established

State v. Paramount Publix Corporation

178 La. 818 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Nov 27, 1933

Paramount Pub-lix Corporation is, as we have said, a New York corporation, and has its domicile and principal business establishment in New York City, and a branch office, called a film exchange, in New Orleans, in charge … The business of the distributors of which the arrangement with the exhibitor here was an instance was clearly interstate.

State v. Bernard

31 So. 3d 1025 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Mar 16, 2010

. *1029 15The First Circuit affirmed, holding “defendant’s incarceration in the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison clearly qualified him as being ‘in custody’ ” and that the “trial court did not abuse its discretion in determining … Hathorn, Perry and Phillips , when read together, clearly establish Miranda applies not to all “state actors” but only to persons who are either law enforcement officers or acting as an agent of law enforcement.

Successions of Gilbert

222 La. 840 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Feb 16, 1953

After qualifying as testamentary executrix, Miss Huber filed a petition to which was attached her first provisional account. … Clearly the services to her father were worth this remuneration.

State Ex Rel. Wogan v. Clements

194 La. 812 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Mar 11, 1940

“The rules of law for the issuance of a mandamus are established by the Supreme Court of Louisiana. … But, construing this section of the act as a law in pari materia with Section 9 of Act No. 109 of 1918, it clearly shows that such a contention is absolutely untenable.

Wilson v. Craighead

6 Rob. 429 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Feb 15, 1844

It appears from the evidence, that the plaintiff’s mother was duly confirmed, and qualified, as his natural tutrix, on the firsts of November, 1825. She died on the 8dbf January, 1834, andD. D. … This part of the plaintiff’s demand is clearly unjust. III.

State v. Porter

176 La. 673 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Jan 30, 1933

The Legislative intent, which clearly appears, was to create a crime of lesser degree than manslaughter. … We did not intend to so hold and the opinion clearly shows it.

Griffith v. Latiolais

48 So. 3d 1058 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Oct 19, 2010

C.C. art. 134 clearly fell in Resa’s favor. Griffith, 32 So.3d at 389 . … Bouillion for co-parenting help before it issued a judgment establishing custody and the parents saw him for two years.

State v. Horn

167 La. 190 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Oct 29, 1928

The trial resulted in a qualified verdict, and he was sentenced to life imprisonment, at hard labor, in the Louisiana State Penitentiary. From the verdict and sentence he appealed. … Matters relating to practice and procedure in the courts, unless regulated by statute or governed by established jurisprudence, are left to the sound discretion of the trial judge.

Scovell v. Heirs of Levy

106 La. 118 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Nov 15, 1901

Zeigler qualified as tutor of his children, issue of his marriage with his late wife Mrs. S. E. Zeigler. An inventory was made of the property showing large assets. … This clearly enough limited all rights of the minors growing out of the tutorship of their father.

In re Simpson

959 So. 2d 836 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Jun 29, 2007

Violations of Rule 1.4(a) and Rule 1.4(b) are clearly present. … Under these facts, a violation of Rule 7.2(a) has been established by the ODC.

Womack v. Louisiana Commission on Governmental Ethics

250 La. 833 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Jun 5, 1967

In 1962, the Legislature passed Act 147 which established the Louisiana Financial Assistance Commission. 2 The membership, tenure, and expenses of the Commission were established as follows: “A. … Plaintiff contends that Act 110 of 1964, as of the time of its passage and even after the passage of Act 528 of 1964, the constitutional amendment, is clearly in violation of Art.

Tyler v. Harmon

158 La. 439 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Mar 2, 1925

The second section of the ordinance makes it unlawful for any white person to establish *441 Ms lióme or residence in a negro community, or portion of the city inhabited principally by negroes, or for any negro to establish … Amendment of the Constitution of the United States, in that they sought to deprive this defendant of his property without due process of law, .by attempting to deprive him of the right to lease it to a constitutionally qualified

Theopholia Thomas v. Bnsf Railway Company

Supreme Court of Louisiana · May 1, 2026

contributing to the injury, death, or loss shall be determined, regardless of whether the person is a party to the action or a nonparty, and regardless of the person’s insolvency, ability to pay, immunity … The video from the train is objective evidence that clearly depicts what occurred and leaves little question regarding fault.

Kelly v. Village of Greenwood

363 So. 2d 887 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Sep 5, 1978

Plaintiff's suit was brought under the new election code. [1] As a holder of a retail beer permit and operator of a lounge in Greenwood, plaintiff was clearly a "person in interest." [2] Suit was timely instituted [3] against … In most American jurisdictions the failure to comply with a statute establishing the time and place for elections is not regarded as a mere irregularity, Gray v.

State v. Hodgeson

305 So. 2d 421 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Dec 2, 1974

This documentary evidence was clearly relevant to establish the relationship between the defendant and victim and defendant's motive for procuring persons to "soften up" victim which resulted in the victim's death. … But to have this effect a prima facie case of conspiracy must have been established."