Legal Opinion

Ledet v. Catholic Archdiocese of Mobile

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided November 9, 2006No. 1050959Published

1Opinion of the Court

STUART, Justice.

Father Paul G. Zoghby petitions this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the trial court to vacate its order granting Linda Ledet’s motion to compel discovery of documents relating to psychological counseling Zoghby underwent. We deny the petition.

Facts

Linda Ledet and her husband and children were parishioners at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Mobile from 1995 through 2001. During that time, Zoghby, who was an associate priest at St. Mary’s at that time, developed a friendship with Ledet. According to Ledet, in late 1997 Zoghby began making improper and unwelcome advances…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Trammel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  2. Ex Parte United Service Stations, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1993
  3. Ex Parte Alfab, Inc.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1991
  4. Ex Parte Ocwen Federal Bank, FSBSupreme Court of Alabama · 2003
  5. State v. GuthrieSouth Dakota Supreme Court · 2001

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