NORMA STEPTER Vs. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE

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NORMA STEPTER * NO. 2007-CA-1166 VERSUS * COURT OF APPEAL DEPARTMENT OF POLICE * FOURTH CIRCUIT * STATE OF LOUISIANA * * ******* LOMBARD, J., DISSENTS, Due process does not always require a full-blown trial-type hearing, but even in extraordinary circumstances some sort of rudimentary notice and opportunity to respond should be afforded to an individual whose interests may be affected by a deprivation of life, liberty, or property. Accordingly, for reasons previously stated, see Reed, v. Dept. of Police, 2006-1498 (La. App. 4 Cir. 10/10/07), ___ So. 2d ____ (Lombard, J., Dissents), I respectively dissent.

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