Rainey v. Entergy Gulf States, Inc.

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Rainey v. Entergy Gulf States, Inc., 766 So. 2d 1264 (La. 2000)
2000 La. LEXIS 2164; 2000 WL 1177590
Kimball, Lemmon

Rainey v. Entergy Gulf States, Inc.

Opinion of the Court

In re Entergy Gulf States Inc.; Case, Mike; — Defendant(s); Applying for Supervisory and/or remedial Writs, Parish of Iberville, 18th Judicial District Court Div. A, No. 52-211; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 00-CW-1423.

Granted. Relators represent that within thirty days of the trial court’s oral ruling, they advised the trial court of their intent to seek supervisory writs. The trial court fixed a deadline outside of the thirty day period and relators filed their application in the Court of Appeal within this deadline. On this basis, there is no justification for *1265penalizing relators. Barnard v. Barnard, 96-0859 (La.6/24/96), 675 So.2d 734. Accordingly, the application is remanded to the Court of Appeal for expedited consideration on the merits.

LEMMON, J., concurs. KIMBALL, J., not on panel.

Reference

Full Case Name
Vera M. RAINEY v. ENTERGY GULF STATES, INC. and Mike Case
Status
Published