Legal Opinion

State in Interest of Johnson

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided September 11, 1985No. 85-CK-0582PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

475 So.2d 340 (1985)

STATE In the Interest of JOHNSON.

No. 85-CK-0582.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 10, 1985.

Dissenting Opinion September 11, 1985.

Charles Daspit, Francisco Perez, Richard J. Brazan, Baton Rouge, for applicant.

Bernard Hardy, Mazie Doomes, Mark A. Holden, Sherrill Davidson, Edselle Cunningham, William Grimley, Baton Rouge, for respondents.

DENNIS, Justice.

We are called upon to decide who should be required to pay the fee of an attorney appointed to represent an indigent parent in a child abandonment proceeding in the absence of a statute authorizing the fee or its payment.…

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2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Mathews v. EldridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. Santosky v. KramerSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
  4. Lassiter v. Department of Social Servs. of Durham Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1981
  5. Saucier v. Hayes Dairy Products, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1979

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3Cited by20 opinions

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  2. Konrad v. Jefferson Parish CouncilSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1988
  3. State v. WigleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 1993
  4. Bester v. SUPREME COURT COM. ON BAR ADM.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
  5. Pociask v. MoseleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2013

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