Allen v. Louisiana State Board of Dentistry

FOIL, Judge.

At issue in this case is whether the venue provision found in the Louisiana Administrative Procedure Act, La.R.S. 49:964(B), is mandatory. We hold that an action seeking relief authorized under the Administrative Procedure Act must be brought in the district court of the parish in which the administrative agency is located and reverse the action of the trial court in maintaining this suit under the theory of forum non conveniens.

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Appellee, Dr. William Allen, is a dentist who practices his profession in East Baton Rouge Parish. In. 1985, the Louisiana State…