Laura King VS St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office and Melanie Comeaux, In Her Official Capacity as Executive Director and Public Records Custodian of St. Tammany Parish Coroner's Office

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STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL FIRST CIRCUIT LAURA TERRY AND 2013 N0 KING CW 1521 24 2013 VERSUS TAMMANY ST PARISH IN HER OFFICIAL EXECUTIVE PUBLIC ST COMEAUX CAPACITY DIRECTOR RECORDS TAMMANY SEPTEMBER S CORONER OFFICE AND MELANIE AS AND CUSTODIAN PARISH OF S CORONER OFFICE Laura In Re and Terry 22nd No Judicial GRANTED IN court Court for supervisory Parish J C PARRO AND WELCH DENIED PART concerning that trial applying of St writs Tammany 14983 2012 WHIPPLE BEFORE King District portion of IN JJ PART the April The 17 writ 2013 application judgment of the denied the Kings Special Motion to Strike is The writ is denied as to granted in part the portion of the Coroner s s Office reconventional demand alleging abuse of process since that claim is not subject to a See Hebert P C Special Motion to Strike under LSA art 971 denied in La v La that and part 1 Prof Vocational Licensed App 3rd 0750 09 and claims set Cir 753 Rehab Counselors 0610 07 09 4 3 4 So 1002 1010 writs denied 3d 3d As to all other 09 22 5 9 So 144 La forth in the s Coroner demand s Office reconventional the writ is granted and the judgment of the trial court The Kings carried their burden of proving that all other claims in the reconventional demand are challenges to their acts in the exercise of their rights of pet or free tion The Coroner Office failed to s speech regarding a public issue carry its burden of showing the probability of success on those is reversed claims VGW RHP 7EW COURT OF APPEAL FIRST PUTY OF FOR CLERK THE CIRCUIT COURT COURT

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