Supreme Court of Louisiana, 1985

State, Department of Transportation & Development v. Johnson Realty Co.

State, Department of Transportation & Development v. Johnson Realty Co.
Supreme Court of Louisiana · Decided February 5, 1985 · Dixon
462 So. 2d 644 (Southern Reporter, Second Series)

State, Department of Transportation & Development v. Johnson Realty Co.

Opinion of the Court

IN RE: Transportation & Dev. Dept.; Applying for Supervisory and Remedial Writs and Stay Order; Parish of Jefferson 24th Judicial District Court Div. “F” Number 267-572; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, Number 85-C-88.

Writ granted. The trial court is ordered to grant the motion for continuance and reschedule the trial forty-five days or later from this date.

Dissenting Opinion

DIXON, C.J.,

dissents from this action. No reasonable grounds for a continuance have been stated, either in the application or the court’s order. The district judge and the court of appeal were correct in denying the continuance.

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