Legal Opinion
Lord v. Louisiana Department of Public Safety & Corrections
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided May 31, 2012No. 12-CA-53PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUDE G. GRAVOIS Judge.
^Appellant, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (the “Department”), appeals a judgment that *1078granted the plaintiff, Robert J. Lord’s, Petition for Writ of Mandamus, ordering that his driving privileges be reinstated. On appeal, the Department argues that the trial court erred in denying its peremptory exception of no right of action, in allowing the mandamus action to go forward, and for ruling in favor of plaintiff.
We find that plaintiffs cause of action for judicial review of the Department’s suspension of his driver’s license was per-empted at the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Thornton ex rel. Laneco Construction Systems, Inc. v. LanehartLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1998
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3Cited by2 opinions
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