Case law

Opinions from 1658 to today.

Filterslawd

2,073 results

1.37s

  • Durkin v. Waldron

    130 F. Supp. 501 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Mar 31, 1955

    John v. Brown, D.C., 38 F.Supp. 385, 388 ; cf. Fleming v. Enterprise Box Co., D.C., 37 F.Supp. 331, 334, 335 , affirmed 5 Cir., 125 F.2d 897 .” To the same effect is D. A. Schulte, Inc. v. … Mitchell v.

    Cited 5 timesPublished
  • McCain v. Commercial Union Insurance

    592 F. Supp. 1 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Feb 7, 1983

    The suit concerns the appropriate compensation for injuries sustained by the plaintiff, Jack Brent McCain, while diving from the high diving board at a swimming pool run by the District. … Tobin v. Jacobson, 369 So.2d 1161, 1163 (La.App. 1st Cir.1979). Section (B) of the Act plainly indicates that the plaintiff’s cause of action has been eliminated.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Zelenak v. Beauregard Electric Cooperative Inc

    District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Jul 18, 2025

    Costello v. Hardy, 864 So.2d 129, 139 (La. 2004). … Sassone v. Elder, 626 So.2d 345, 350 (La. 1993).

    Cited 0 timesUnknown
  • Robertson

    District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Jul 13, 2026

    See Lindsey v. Prive Corp., 161 F.3d 886, 893 (5th Cir. 1998). … Analysis Here, Robertson seeks damages against the Board of Supervisors, individual board members, and the Director of Boards and Commissions.

    Cited 0 timesUnknown
  • McIlhenny Co. v. Bulliard

    265 F. 705 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · May 17, 1920

    As a further inroad on the original doctrine that a geographical name could not be used as a trade-mark, the court cited the case of Hamilton Brown Shoe Co. v. Wolf Bros. & Co., 240 U. S. 251 , 36 Sup. Ct. 269, 60 L. … And from the Hamilton Brown Shoe Co.

    Cited 3 timesPublished
  • Alford v. Illinois Cent. R.

    86 F. Supp. 424 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Sep 24, 1949

    Then, the next and last assertion was in the case of Devoke v. Yazoo & M. V. R. Co., 1947, 211 La. 729 , 30 So.2d 816 . … See Devoke v. Yazoo & M. V. R. Co., 211 La. 729 , 30 So. 2d 816, 822 , and cases cited there.

    Cited 0 timesPublished
  • Crowe v. Smith

    848 F. Supp. 1248 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Feb 23, 1994

    Corp. v. … Kilpatrick v.

    Cited 2 timesPublished
  • Llano Del Rio Co. of Nevada v. Anderson-Post Hardwood Lumber Co.

    79 F. Supp. 382 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Aug 2, 1948

    Grosjean v. American Press Co., supra. … Porter v. Sabin, 149 U.S. 473 , 13 S.Ct. 1008 , 37 L.Ed. 815 ; Palmer et al. v. State of Texas, 212 U.S. 118 , 29 S.Ct. 230 , 53 L.Ed. 435 ; Klein v. Peter, 8 Cir., 284 F. 797 ; In re Associated Oil Co., D.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Price v. Roadhouse Grill, Inc.

    512 F. Supp. 2d 511 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · May 15, 2007

    See generally Ports v. Circle K Stores, Inc., 395 F.Supp.2d 442, 448 (W.D.La.2005); Williams v. Orleans Parish School Board, 541 So.2d 228, 231 (La. … See generally Savoy v. Delaup, 442 So.2d 1209 (La.App. 5 Cir.1983); Fontan v. Estopinal, 529 So.2d 1330 (La.App. 5 Cir.1988); Jones v. Gatusso, 00-1654 (La.App. 5 Cir. 2/14/01) , 782 So.2d 11 ; Dufrene v.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Tippit

    District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Jan 22, 2026

    Brown v. Dove, 519 F. App’x 237, 238 (5th Cir. 2013) (“Brown’s conclusory allegations of conspiracy and malicious prosecution do not pierce that immunity.”); Ashelman v. … The ancillary facts that the court has a hand in providing counsel, and that the attorney selection board in Orleans Parish obtains its authority from statute, do not alter the attorney-client relationship.

    Cited 0 timesUnknown
  • Lancer Insurance v. Patel

    102 F. Supp. 2d 704 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · May 1, 2000

    See Wilson v. Belin, 20 F.3d 644, 648 (5th Cir.1994); Stuart v. Spademan, 772 F.2d 1185, 1192 (5th Cir.1985). … Co. v.

    Cited 1 timesPublished
  • Jacobs v. First Nat. Bank of Shreveport

    35 F.2d 227 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Aug 1, 1929

    article XIX of her original bill of complaint to read as follows: “That defendants are now continuing their unlawful acts in pursuance of said conspiracy, and are now pretending to act as the officers and members of the Board … In the case of Hawes v. Oakland, 104 U. S. 450 , 26 L.

    Cited 4 timesPublished
  • Holahan v. Henderson

    277 F. Supp. 890 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Aug 31, 1967

    Perhaps the best summary of the situation was the Eighth Circuit’s in Seigel v. … Henderson’s action in hiring Coleman was ratified by the Board of Directors, and the latter’s duties and salary were set forth.

    Cited 8 timesPublished
  • Coon v. Richland Parish

    District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Jun 4, 2019

    Brown v. Bunge Corp., 207 F.3d 776, 782 (5th Cir. 2000) (quoting Barrow v. New Orleans Steamship Ass’n, 10 F.3d 292, 297 (5th Cir. 1994)). … She argues that because the Commission’s board controls the Commission’s actions, a Commission employee is also an employee of each political subdivision that has a seat on the board. [Record Document 24 at 4–5].

    Cited 0 timesUnknown
  • Dupuis v. American Security Insurance Co

    District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Aug 10, 2021

    Barbe v. Freedom Loan Servicing, LLC, 383 F.Supp.3d 634, 641 (E.D. La. 2019) citing Brown v. Am. Modern Home Ins. Co., 2017 WL 2290268, at *4 (E.D. La. May 25, 2017); Lee v. Safeco Ins. … Williams v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s of London, 398 Fed.

    Cited 0 timesUnknown
  • Meullion v. University of Louisiana System

    District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Dec 9, 2024

    Plaintiffs further seek to strike the Board’s invocation of La. … DeCorte v. Jordan, 497 F.3d 433, 437 (5th Cir. 2007).

    Cited 0 timesUnknown
  • Misquitta v. Warden Pine Prairie Ice Processing Ctr.

    353 F. Supp. 3d 518 · District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Nov 16, 2018

    Misquitta has appealed that ruling to the Board of Immigration Appeals, and the appeal remains pending at this time. … See, e.g., Dryden v.

    Cited 43 timesPublished
  • Thomas v. St Martin Parish

    District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Jun 9, 2023

    Martin Parish School Board, including all successors of the current Board however constituted. … School Board of New Kent County, 391 U.S. 430 (1968), invalidated the District’s “freedom of choice” desegregation plan in Hall v. St.

    Cited 0 timesUnknown
  • O'Neal v. United States

    District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Jun 24, 2022

    v. … .”’); Ellis v. Brown, 196 So. 3d 665, 669 (La. App. 2 Cir. 5/18/16) (citing Southern Farm Bur. v. Sonnier, 406 So.2d 178 (La.1981); Smith v.

    Cited 0 timesUnknown
  • Robertson

    District Court, W.D. Louisiana · Feb 19, 2026

    On May 22, 2025, Plaintiff Gloria Robertson (“Plaintiff”) filed her Complaint against the “LSU Board of Supervisors” and individual board members William F. … United States v. One Parcel of Real Prop., 763 F.2d 181, 183 (5th Cir. 1985). Here, the Court finds that Defendants have adequately shown that there is good cause to set aside the entry of default.

    Cited 0 timesUnknown

Ask Donna

Ask Donna

A word about cookies

We need a few to keep you signed in and the library working. The rest help us see which pages people use and where they get stuck. They stay off unless you say yes.