Legal Opinion

Naquin v. Iberia Parish School Board

Louisiana Court of Appeal

Decided October 30, 1963No. 992PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

TATE, Judge.

This case is before us under our supervisory jurisdiction. Article VII, Section 29, Louisiana Constitution, LSA.

The sole question before this court is whether a trial judge may deny the issuance of an alternative writ of mandamus when he feels that the petition presented to him does not present a prima facie case for the peremptory writ. See LSA-C.C.P. Arts. 3861-3866.

The trial court was presented with a petition for a writ of mandamus based upon the failure of the defendant school board to take certain allegedly ministerial actions. Appended to the petition was an order for an…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Board of Commissioners v. St. Landry Parish School BoardSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1961
  2. State ex rel. Clark v. HillebrandtSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Gulf States Theatres of La., Inc. v. RichardsonSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1973
  2. Alexander and Alexander, Inc. v. StateLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1985
  3. Board of Commissioners v. LommLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
  4. State v. Gulf States Theatres of Louisiana, Inc.Supreme Court of Louisiana · 1972
  5. Chaisson v. StateLouisiana Court of Appeal · 2018

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