Case law

State v. Norris

242 La. 1070 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Apr 30, 1962

Clearly, under these sections distinct acts of taking are chargeable in one indictment, the total amount thereof to determine the grade of the offense. … Clearly Reeder’s testimony, in the main, was hearsay.

State v. Welch

368 So. 2d 965 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Jan 29, 1979

This is said to be a conclusionary statement based upon the witness' opinion, an opinion she was not qualified to express. *970 We think the contention is without merit. … There is therefore no necessity to qualify a witness as an expert to express such an opinion. La.Rev.Stat. 15:464-467.

Louisiana State Bar Ass'n v. Leche

201 La. 293 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Jun 29, 1942

Briefly, as the Constitution clearly places the duty and responsibility solely and only upon the Supreme Court to hear and to decide for itself, from the evidence, whether or not an attorney is guilty of misconduct justifying … A person convicted of a felony in this State is deprived of his status as a qualified elector. Losing the privilege of franchise is not equivalent to being deprived of citizenship.

In Re Noe

958 So. 2d 617 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · May 22, 2007

Noe, Nurse Hahn is clearly a solidary obligor with Dr. Hill. … Neither of those cases clearly distinguish between suspension of prescription and interruption of prescription.

Aguillard v. Treen

440 So. 2d 704 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Oct 17, 1983

to establish and maintain education *707 within the state. … The defeat of the proposal indicates clearly that the legislature was denied plenary authority over state educational boards.

Smith v. Flournoy

238 La. 432 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Nov 9, 1959

The jurats clearly show that these affidavits were signed and sworn to before the deputy registrar of voters, and thus the requirements of the statute are met. … registration may be challenged only on the ground that he has moved from the precinct, ward, or parish in which he is registered, or that he has never lived there, or that he has not lived there sufficiently long to be a qualified

State v. Orr

152 La. 1031 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Dec 29, 1922

Tlie power here delegated is vested in police juries alone, and not in them and in the qualified electors. … We are therefore clearly of the opinion that the police jury of East Baton Rouge parish did not exceed its powers in not excepting from the prohibitory provisions of the ordinance lands of the character that defendant contends

Foley v. Entergy Louisiana, Inc.

946 So. 2d 144 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Nov 29, 2006

to establish liability on the part of Entergy. … This finding is not clearly wrong.

Succession of Houssiere

247 La. 764 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Mar 29, 1965

Van Geffen qualified as administratrix and furnished a $50,000 bond. … In this case, we find no evidence establishing mismanagement as a fact on the part of the administratrix.

State Ex Rel. Woodard v. Ozley

203 La. 579 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · May 17, 1943

and apply to any debt incurred or bond or other evidence of debt issued by any such governmental agency named in Section 2 of this Act, whether the same has been authorized by an election of the property taxpayers who are qualified … Now, as relates to the debt for the payment-of which these certificates were issued, the record establishes beyond question, in my opinion, that it was one which the Police Jury had no power or authority to incur.

Gaither v. Green

40 La. Ann. 362 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Mar 15, 1888

In case there be difficulty in interpreting the qualifying words in a sentence, the rule is to apply them to such other words or phrase as shall immediately precede them therein, rather than to those more remote. … Instead of abrogating the taxes which had been levied under the law of 1879, it. was the clearly expressed intention of the Legislature to leave them in proprio vigore.

State v. Anderson

358 So. 2d 276 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Jan 30, 1978

California, 374 U.S. 23 , 83 S.Ct. 1623 , 10 L.Ed.2d 726 (1963), the court announced more clearly that the Fourth Amendment, and with it the exclusionary rule, is binding on the states. … These holdings established that any tangible evidence obtained through an unconstitutional search could not be admitted into evidence.

Miller v. Police Jury of Washington Parish

226 La. 8 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Jul 2, 1954

The election was duly held on November 3, 1953 and a majority in number and amount of the qualified voters approved the issuance of the bonds. … In the Albritton case the right to establish a hosiery, knitting and wearing apparel manufacturing plant in the City of Winona to afford employment to the people of that city was involved but in this case the welfare of the

Keller v. Loflin

13 La. Ann. 185 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Mar 15, 1858

payment thereof be made before the expiration of twelve months after the passage of this Act; and provided, further, that the party thus applying’ for a preference right shall make oath before some officer of the State qualified … this time whether a sale of the preemption right of an actual settler upon State lands, can be proved by parol; being convinced that the objection to the witness on the score of interest, was well taken, and that he was clearly

Porter v. Conway

181 La. 487 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Dec 5, 1934

But clearly it would have been to the interest of the party cast below to appeal immediately. … *Page 529 Wherefore, we are of the opinion that relator has established his right to have this court invoke its supervisory jurisdiction and grant the remedial writs.

Cormier v. Comeaux

748 So. 2d 1123 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Jul 7, 1999

that the finding is clearly wrong (manifestly erroneous). … The court held that failure to reconstruct the highway to meet modern standards did not establish the existence of a defect.

Bonnette v. Conoco, Inc.

837 So. 2d 1219 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Jan 28, 2003

Lemen further testified that there is no "safe" level of exposure to any carcinogen because immune systems vary from person to person, and everyone is in a different state of health. … Because we have this duty, we must determine whether the verdict was clearly wrong based on the evidence, or clearly without evidentiary support. Id.

State v. Perry

420 So. 2d 139 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Sep 7, 1982

Clearly, no such showing has been made here. Hence, Assignment of Error No. 2 is without merit. … of wounds; and to establish the identity of the victim.

Caire v. Stassi

379 So. 2d 1056 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Jan 28, 1980

La.C.C.P. art. 4833(B). *1058 The legislature clearly intended to reduce the court of appeal's appellate caseload by providing a single appeal of right in the district court from the smaller city court contests. … Article 5, § 10 establishes the appellate jurisdiction of the courts of appeal as follows: "Section 10. (A) Jurisdiction.

State v. Williams

490 So. 2d 255 · Supreme Court of Louisiana · Jun 2, 1986

Therefore, applying the principle established in State v. Patrick, supra , we hold that the Motion to Suppress was properly denied. … We need not consider the merits of this argument since the evidence was clearly sufficient to support the finding of the first aggravating circumstance.