Legal Opinion
Cheramie Services, Inc. v. Shell Deepwater Production, Inc.
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided April 23, 2010No. 2009-C-1633PublishedCited by 186 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WEIMER, Justice.1
I,The threshold legal issue in this case is whether persons who are neither business competitors nor consumers can bring an action for damages pursuant to the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law, LSA-R.S. 51:1401, et seq. (LUTPA). Finding no such limiting language in the statute, we hold the dismissal of plaintiffs’ LUTPA claim against Shell Deepwater Production, Inc. (Shell) by the district court on the basis of this procedural requirement was error. Nevertheless, we find the appellate court’s reversal of summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs’ LUTPA claim was…
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