Wied v. TRCM, L.L.C.

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Wied v. TRCM, L.L.C., 695 So. 2d 1366 (La. 1997)
1997 La. LEXIS 2173; 1997 WL 354747
Calogero, From, Grant, Knoll, Lemmon, Marcus, Reasons, Writ

Wied v. TRCM, L.L.C.

Opinion of the Court

In re Wied, Jesse; — Plaintiffs); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; to the Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 30030-CW; Parish of Ouachita, 4th Judicial District Court, Div. “C”, No. 97-0659.

Denied.

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ. CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel.

LEMMON, J., dissents from the denial and assigns reasons.

MARCUS, J., dissents from the denial for reasons assigned by LEMMON, J.

Dissenting Opinion

LEMMON, Judge,

dissenting from the Denial of the Application.

Relator applied to the court of appeal for supervisory writs from a judgment of the trial court. According to relator, he filed the application before the return date fixed by the trial court. However, the court of appeal refused to consider the application because it did not contain any documentation of the return date as required by La.Ct.App. R. 4-3.

Presumably, the ruling by the court of appeal refusing to consider, rather than denying, the application means that relator can still supplement the application with the required documentation, at which time the court of appeal will consider the application on the merits. However, it is not clear whether relator has lost his review rights by the court’s refusal to consider the application. The preferable procedure in the case of an application for supervisory writs that lacks required documentation is to order supplementation by the relator, and I would grant the application in part, order relator to provide the required supplementation, and remand the matter to the court of appeal to consider the application as supplemented.

Reference

Full Case Name
Jesse WIED v. TRCM, L.L.C.
Status
Published