Legal Opinion
Dumas v. Jetson
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 18, 1984No. 83-C-2614PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
445 So.2d 424 (1984)
Walter C. DUMAS
v.
Louis JETSON, et al.
No. 83-C-2614.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
January 18, 1984.
2Per curiam
This case involves two separate civil actions: (1) a principal action by Walter Dumas pursuant to La.R.S. 18:1401(B) to declare an election void and (2) an incidental action by Louis Jetson pursuant to La.R.S. 18:1432(B) for an award of attorney's fees and damages for Dumas' bringing a frivolous election suit. Each action is based on separate and distinct juridical facts constituting the separate causes of action.[1]
The trial court could have ordered the separate trial of the…
3Cited by8 opinions
- Dumas v. JetsonLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1984
- Sanchez v. SanchezLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1991
- Walker v. RinickerLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1996
- Davis v. MalveauxLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2006
- State Ex Rel. Moreau v. CastilloLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2007
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