Legal Opinion
Richards v. Baton Rouge Water Co.
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided March 21, 2014No. 2013 CA 0873PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWhipple, C.J.
|2This appeal raises the issue of whether the district court or the Louisiana Public Service Commission (“the PSC”) has subject matter jurisdiction to adjudicate claims relating to the quality of water supplied by a public utility. Plaintiff challenges the trial court’s judgment maintaining the defendant’s declinatory exception raising the objection of lack of subject matter jurisdiction and dismissing her case. For the following reasons, we affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand with instructions for the district court to stay the proceedings.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
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