Legal Opinion · Dissent

Trascher v. Territo

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided May 8, 2012No. 2011-CC-2093Published

1DissentKnoll, J.

Iil respectfully dissent from the majority opinion and would recall the writ as improvidently granted. I do not believe this case, which arises from an interlocutory judgment on a pretrial motion in limine regarding the admissibility of evidence, merits the exercise of this Court’s supervisory jurisdiction.

This Court’s docket is largely discretionary.1 That discretion must be exercised *369carefully, with an eye to clarifying uncertain or disputed areas of law and resolving issues with ramifications stretching beyond the present case. As Justice Lemmon cogently noted in his concurrence to…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. VaSalle v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
  2. Waterman Steamship Corporation v. Gay Cottons, United States of America and Shalom Baby WearCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
  3. Lenard v. DilleySupreme Court of Louisiana · 2002
  4. Touchard v. Slemco Electric FoundationSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2000
  5. Duttle v. Bandler & KassDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1989

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