Legal Opinion
Prejean v. Barousse
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Decided January 29, 2013No. 2012-C-1177PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
|,The issue presented in this case is whether La. R.S. 13:4210, which states that a judge shall forfeit one quarter’s salary for failing to issue a judgment within thirty days of the close of trial, is constitutional. For the reasons that follow, we find La. R.S. 13:4210 is unconstitutional on its face.
FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY
Dionysia Prejean is a party to a child custody proceeding captioned Dionysia F. Huval Prejean v. Ronald Joseph Prejean, which is pending in the 15th Judicial District Court. The last day of trial in the Prejean proceeding was March 18, 2011, at which time the…
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