Legal Opinion

Burkett v. Lewis

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided September 21, 2007No. 42,985-CAPublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

966 So.2d 718 (2007)

Don BURKETT, District Attorney, Plaintiff-Appellee

v.

Deabraid A. LEWIS, Defendant-Appellant.

No. 42,985-CA.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 21, 2007.

Seabaugh, Benson, Keene, Denny & Gerhardt, by Bryce J. Denny, Shreveport, for Appellant.

Richard Z. Johnson, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Appellee.

Before WILLIAMS, STEWART, CARAWAY, PEATROSS and DREW, JJ.

CARAWAY, J.

This appeal is taken from a judgment disqualifying defendant, Deabraid A. Lewis, as a candidate for the DeSoto Parish Police Jury. For the following reasons, we reverse.

Facts

On September 13, 2007, DeSoto…

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2Cases cited1 opinion

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