FOR IMMEDIATE
NEWS RELEASE
NEWS RELEASE
# 088
FROM: CLERK
OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
The opinions
handed down on the 29th day of October,
1999 , are as follows:
BY
LEMMON, J. :
99-C
- 0934 JOSHUA N. CONE, ET AL v. NATIONAL EMERGENCY
SERVICES, INC. ET AL (Parish of Vernon)
The judgments
of the lower courts are amended to reduce the award
of damages to $1,750,000. As amended, the judgment
is affirmed.
VICTORY, J.
- not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2, §3.
KIMBALL, J.
- dissents for reasons assigned by Knoll, J.
KNOLL,
J. - dissents in part for assigned reasons.
PER
CURIAM :
98-K
- 2078 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JERRY SMITH, GARRICK
J. WATTS, BERNARD MYLES (Parish of Ascension)
This case is
remanded to the court of appeal to address the remaining
assignments of error pretermitted on original appeal.
JUDGMENT REVERSED;
CASE REMANDED.
CALOGERO, C.J.
- not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2, §3.
JOHNSON, J.
- dissents.
99-CA-
2337 CLAUDE M. PENN, JR., GLADNEY L. MANUEL, JR.,
FELICIANA VENTURES INC. AND MANUEL'S I-10 AUTO-TRUCK
STOP, INC. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE
HONORABLE MURPHY J. FOSTER, JR., GOVERNOR, THE HONORABLE
RICHARD P. IEYOUB, ATTORNEY GENERAL, THE SUPERVISORY
COMMITTEE OF CAMPAIGN FINANCE DISCLOSURE AND THE DEPARTMENT
OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, LOUISIANA GAMING
CONTROL BOARD (Parish of East Baton Rouge)
The judgment
of the district court is AFFIRMED. LSA-R.S. 18:1505.2(L)(3)(a)(i),
and LSA-R.S. 18:1505.2(L)(3)(b)(i) insofar as it applies
to LSA-R.S. 18:1505.2(L)(3)(a)(i), are declared unconstitutional
under the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the United
States Constitution. Rule 107 of Title 42 of the Louisiana
Administrative Code, in so far as it precludes candidate
and political committee contributions by video draw
poker licensees, is likewise invalid, and defendants
are permanently enjoined from enforcing the Rule.
MARCUS, J.
- not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2, §3.
CALOGERO,
C.J. - assigns concurring reasons.
LEMMON,
J. - assigns concurring reasons.
KIMBALL,
J. - assigns concurring reasons.
JOHNSON,
J. - assigns concurring reasons.
VICTORY,
J. - dissents and assigns reasons.
TRAYLOR, J.
- dissents for the reasons assigned by Justices Victory
and Knoll.
KNOLL,
J. - dissents and assigns reasons.
