Legal Opinion
Wilborn v. Vermillion Parish Police Jury
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided July 2, 2004No. 2004-CC-1074PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
877 So.2d 985 (2004)
Millie WILBORN, et al.
v.
VERMILLION PARISH POLICE JURY, et al.
No. 2004-CC-1074.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
July 2, 2004.
2Per curiam
Granted. La. R.S. 13:5107(D) provides that in suits against the state or a political subdivision, service of citation shall be requested within ninety days of the commencement of the action. Nothing in that statute requires that the request be filed with the court. The court of appeal's reliance on the fax-filing statute, La. R.S. 13:850, is misplaced, as that statute deals with the requirements for filing papers in civil actions. Accordingly, the judgment…
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