Riley v. Evangeline Parish Police Jury

For the reasons stated in the majority opinion on original hearing, I believe the *1323“Evangeline Parish Sheriffs Department” is a suable legal entity. See also, 50 Louisiana Law Review 265; 44 Louisiana Law Review 1075. Additionally, the majority on rehearing simply erred in granting defendant’s exception of no cause of action reurged on appeal. Defendant should have filed a dilatory exception as provided by Louisiana Civil Code of Procedure article 926 contesting the legal “status” of the “Evangeline Parish Sheriffs Department.” Though non-existent, as it contends, the “Evangeline Parish…