State ex rel. Brasseaux v. Spell

We granted this writ of certiorari to review the refusal of the trial court to try a civil jury case (Brasseaux v. Girouard) until the criminal trial involving the same incident is “concluded and finally disposed of.”

The ruling violates relator’s rights in violation of the 14th Amendment, Section 1 of the United States Constitution, and in violation of Article 1, Sections 2 and 6 of the Louisiana Constitution.

“No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or…