STATE OF LOUISIANA COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT LAW INDUSTRIES, LLC NO. 2020 CW 0555 VERSUS STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTING, INC. AUGUST 03, 2020 In Re: Orleans Parish School Board and Choice Foundation, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of Fast Baton Rouge, No. 676874, BEFORE : HIGGINBOTHAM, PENZATO, AND LANIER, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The trial court’s May 11, 2020 Judgment sustaining the exception of nonjoinder filed by Law Industries, LLC is hereby reversed. Pursuant to La. Code Civ. P. art. 641, we find that complete relief can be granted herein among those already parties, and while the Orleans Parish School Board and the Choice Foundation claim an interest relating to this subject matter, they are not situated such that an adjudication in their absence would impair or impede their ability to protect that interest or leave the parties herein subject to a substantial risk of multiple or inconsistent obligations as the damages sought herein differ from those sought in the case pending in the Civil District Court in the Parish of Orleans. Therefore, Law industries, LLC’s exception of nonjoinder is denied.

WIL COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT Ruel Rud {DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT FOR THE COURT