Brooks v. City of Sunset

| WOODARD, Judge.

Mr. Gerald Brooks filed a writ of mandamus against the Town of Sunset, Louisiana (Sunset), seeking to have the trial court order Sunset to issue him a liquor license. In response, Sunset filed an exception of res judicata. The trial court ruled in Sunset’s favor, dismissing Mr. Brooks’ action, on zoning ordinance grounds, rather than on res judicata. Mr. Brooks appeals. Sunset answered the appeal, asserting the exception of res judica-ta, which the trial court did not decide. We affirm the trial court’s decision but for different reasons. We find that res judi-cata bars Mr.…