Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1979

State ex rel. Hawthorne v. Clerk of Court, 26th Judicial District Court

State ex rel. Hawthorne v. Clerk of Court, 26th Judicial District Court
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided February 23, 1979 · Summers, Tate
367 So. 2d 1184; 1979 La. LEXIS 8118 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State ex rel. Hawthorne v. Clerk of Court, 26th Judicial District Court

Opinion of the Court

In re Rickey Hawthorne applying for writ of mandamus, Parish of Bossier.

Writ granted and the District Court Clerk is ordered to comply with the order of the trial judge.

Concurring Opinion

SUMMERS, C. J.,

concurs. However, I would permit the Clerk to show cause why the trial judge’s order should not be complied with.

Concurring Opinion

TATE, J.,

concurs. If the trial court’s

order was improvidently granted, the Clerk must have the trial court judgment modified in proceedings either in the trial court or in this Court.

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