Legal Opinion
Blackwell v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided February 14, 1997No. Nos. 96 CA 0954, 96 CA 0955PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
J2FOIL, Judge.
At issue in this appeal is whether the Corrections Administrative Remedy Procedure Act, which requires an inmate to submit a tort claim for pre-suit administrative review, offends the Louisiana constitution. We find no constitutional infirmity in the act, and we hold that the act’s peremptive time period for seeking judicial review of an adverse administrative decision may be applied to an inmate’s tort claim filed in state district court.
*139PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
On March 4, 1994, Rodney Blackwell, a prisoner at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, filed this tort suit in the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Everett v. GoldmanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1978
- Polk v. EdwardsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
- Moore v. RoemerSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1990
- Taylor v. BroomLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1988
- MacK v. StateLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1988
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Harper v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety & CorrectionsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2015
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