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Recent Decisions From the Louisiana Supreme Court
Date: January 30, 2019
Docket Number: 2018-C-0726
Justia Opinion Summary: Bounce N’ Around Inflatables (“BNA”) is a party rental business that rents a variety of inflatables for social events. BNA hired Austin Griggs (“Austin”) as a helper to assist in the delivering and cleaning of the inflat...
Date: January 30, 2019
Docket Number: 2018-CJ-1271
Justia Opinion Summary: The Louisiana Supreme Court granted a writ in this termination of parental rights case to determine if the court of appeal erred in reversing a district court judgment terminating the parental rights of the father, C.K.D...
Date: January 30, 2019
Docket Number: 2018-KK-0711
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Melvin Miguel was driving a vehicle that was stopped because it had a cracked windshield. Defendant had been driving with a suspended driver’s license and a fraudulent license plate. In addition, he admitted sm...
Date: December 5, 2018
Docket Number: 2016-KA-1841
Justia Opinion Summary: Defendant Lee Turner, Jr. was indicted by a grand jury for the first degree murders of Edward Gurtner, III and Randy Chaney, committed while engaged in the perpetration of armed robbery. Following the close of evidence,...
Date: December 5, 2018
Docket Number: 2017-K-0908
Justia Opinion Summary: The sheriff discovered two bodies burned beyond recognition from a residential fire. The victims were later identified as the occupants, Donald Wayne Demille Williams (“Demille”) and Kimberly Sims. Autopsies revealed bot...
Date: December 5, 2018
Docket Number: 2018-C-0320
Justia Opinion Summary: At issue in this case was a post-divorce community property partition. The former husband, Daniel Webb, filed a claim for reimbursement and for the classification of a promissory note of $250,000 as a community obligatio...
Date: December 5, 2018
Docket Number: 2018-CA-0728
Justia Opinion Summary: Plaintiffs Ivan Smith, Jr. and Gloria G. Smith (collectively “Taxpayers”), were Louisiana residents and part owners of several limited liability companies (“LLC”) and Subchapter S corporations (“S corporation”) that tran...
