Legal Opinion

Detraz v. Fontana

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided July 2, 1982No. 81-C-3033PublishedCited by 16 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

416 So.2d 1291 (1982)

Mrs. Francois Maude DETRAZ et al.

v.

Anthony J. FONTANA, Jr. et al.

No. 81-C-3033.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

July 2, 1982.

Anthony J. Fontana, Jr. of Theall & Fontanna, Abbeville, for applicants.

Paul G. Moresi, Jr. of Broussard, Broussard & Moresi, Ltd., Abbeville, for respondents.

DIXON, Chief Justice.

In a third party demand to a libel suit third party defendants Hulin and the police jury filed a rule to require third party plaintiffs Fontana and Dore to furnish a bond for attorney's fees under R.S. 42:261 E.[1] Fontana and Dore opposed the rule on the ground that the statute…

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2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  5. Boddie v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1971

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3Cited by16 opinions

  1. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1995
  2. Sibley v. Board of Sup'rs of Louisiana State UniversitySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1985
  3. City of Baton Rouge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1995
  4. City of Ruston v. PerrittLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1998
  5. Central Louisiana Bank & Trust Co. v. Avoyelles Parish Police JuryLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1986

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