Legal Opinion
Banks v. Food Town
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided November 19, 1957No. 4511PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
98 So.2d 719 (1957)
Alex BANKS, Plaintiff-Appellant,
v.
FOOD TOWN, Inc., Defendant-Appellee.
No. 4511.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.
November 19, 1957.
Rehearing Denied December 23, 1957.
F. Louis Gonzales, Baton Rouge, for appellant.
Percy & Macmurdo, Baton Rouge, for appellee.
TATE, Judge.
Plaintiff Banks appeals from judgment dismissing his suit for damages based upon an allegedly unlawful search of his person by defendant's employee who incorrectly suspected Banks of shoplifting while in defendant's store.
Plaintiff testified that while leaving defendant's supermarket after pricing the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Collyer v. S. H. Kress & Co.California Supreme Court · 1936
- Kroger Grocery & Baking Co. v. YountCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1933
- Jacques v. Childs Dining Hall Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1923
- Guidry v. CrowtherLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1957
- Pierre v. GallowayLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1957
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Sutherland v. Kroger CompanyWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1959
- Rougeau v. Firestone Tire and Rubber CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1973
- Chretien v. FW Woolworth CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1964
- Coates v. Schwegmann Bros. Giant Super Markets, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1963
- Durand v. United Dollar Store of Hammond, Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1970
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