Guillot v. Munn
Supreme Court of Louisiana
1Opinion of the Court
734 So.2d 613 (1999)
Lisa Smith Munn GUILLOT
v.
Marion Patrick MUNN, Jr.
No. 99-C-0273.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
April 23, 1999.
PER CURIAM.[*]
Granted; judgment vacated and case remanded to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit. La. Const. art. V, § 8(B) provides that a "majority of the judges sitting in a case must concur to render judgment." The court of appeal erred as a matter of law in concluding that because the "members of [the] five judge panel cannot agree on a disposition of this case[, t]he effect... is that the judgment of the trial court is affirmed." Under its constitutional authority…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Derbofen v. TL James & Co., Inc.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1978
- In re BanksSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1999
- Kramer v. Continental Casualty Co.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1994
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