Legal Opinion
Becnel v. Boudreaux
Louisiana Court of Appeal
Decided December 14, 1976No. 7740PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
340 So.2d 687 (1976)
Daniel E. BECNEL, Jr.
v.
Donald BOUDREAUX.
No. 7740.
Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.
December 14, 1976.
Rehearing Denied January 12, 1977.
Daniel E. Becnel, Jr., Reserve, in pro. per.
Carville & Edrington, Richard L. Edrington, Roland J. St. Martin, LaPlace, for defendant-appellant.
Before GULOTTA, STOULIG and BEER, JJ.
GULOTTA, Judge.
Defendant in this defamation suit appeals from a $5,000.00 judgment in favor of plaintiff. We reverse.
The litigation arose out of utterances made by defendant, a member of the St. John the Baptist Parish School Board, at a public meeting…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Flanagan v. Nicholson Pub. Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
- Brown v. News-World Publishing Corp.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1971
- Savoie v. ScanlanSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1891
- Edwards v. DerrickSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1939
- Sterkx v. SterkxSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1915
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Smith v. AtkinsLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1993
- Mitchell v. VillienLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2009
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