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| In re Bryant, No. 2004-OB-2433,
SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA, February 22, 2006, Decided
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Overview: The admission of petitioner to practice law in Louisiana was proper where he had made a mistake as a high school student resulting in a felony conviction but he had been rehabilitated. Additionally, his financial troubles were a result of him struggling to pay his own way through college.
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| In re Cabibi, NO. 05-B-1217,
SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA, February 22, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Although attorney violated La. St. Bar art. XVI, R. 1.8(c) and 8.4(a) by allowing notary in his office to prepare instrument giving him substantial testamentary gift, formal charges were dismissed; his actions were not condoned, but no harm was caused and they were attributable to fact he thought of testator as longtime family friend not as client.
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| In re Gaudet, No. 2005-B-1082,
SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA, February 22, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Attorney was suspended for 6 months with 3 months deferred for making lewd comments to female hotel staff and saying that he was a judge when he was only a judicial candidate and for his conduct as an attorney regarding his representation of 2 clients; inter alia, he violated La. St. Bar art. XVI, R. 8.4(a), 8.4(c), 1.3, 1.4, 1.15(b), and 1.16(d).
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| In re Laughlin, NO. 04-OB-2494,
SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA, February 22, 2006, Decided
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Overview: A finding that petitioner could not be admitted to the Louisiana State Bar Association was appropriate because he failed to prove that he had good moral character. He currently used drugs and alcohol and failed to disclose a DWI conviction and a felony drug conviction on his law school application.
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| In re Schyberg, NO. 04-OB-0916,
SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA, February 22, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Petitioner failed to meet his burden of proving that he had "good moral character" to be admitted to Louisiana State Bar Association where he did not respond truthfully when asked about his marijuana use. He admitted that he was arrested for threatening his former wife, and that he failed to disclose arrest when he applied to sit for the bar exam.
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| La. Associated Gen. Contrs., Inc. v. La. Dep't of Agric. & Forestry, No. 2005-C-0131,
SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA, February 22, 2006, Decided
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Overview: State supreme court affirmed a ruling that the Louisiana Agriculture Finance Authority (LAFA) was exempt from the Public Bid Law, La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 38.2211 et seq., and was not limited to the creation of financing, such as the issuance of bonds, for use only by others under La. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 3:262(C).
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| N-Y Assocs. v. Bd. of Comm'rs, NO. 2004-CA-1598, CONSOLIDATED WITH: NO. 2004-CA-1986,
COURT OF APPEAL OF LOUISIANA, FOURTH CIRCUIT, February 22, 2006, Decided
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Overview: Trial court did not err in finding board of commissioners breached a three part contract with an engineering company in bad faith in violation of La. Civ. Code Ann. art. 1983 and 1759; former board president testified board decided to terminate contract with company so contract for design and construction could be given to another engineering firm.
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| Parker v. Robinson, NO. 2005-CA-0160,
COURT OF APPEAL OF LOUISIANA, FOURTH CIRCUIT, February 22, 2006, Decided
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Overview: In a driver's suit for injuries sustained in a car accident, as the driver's injuries were causally related to the accident, the injuries required medical attention, and the driver was still suffering from carpal tunnel syndrome that would require surgery in the future, the denial of a general damages award was an abuse of discretion.
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| Rapides Parish Police Jury v. Grant Parish Police Jury, 05-268,
COURT OF APPEAL OF LOUISIANA, THIRD CIRCUIT, February 22, 2006, Opinion Rendered
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Overview: A finding in favor of the plaintiff parish in a boundary dispute between two parishes was proper where the trial court conducted an exhaustive search for legislative intent and it was correct in its determination that the act creating defendant parish, 1869 La Acts 82, was ambiguous and susceptible to speculation and doubt.
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