FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE  

NEWS RELEASE # 79

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

The Opinion handed down on the 18th day of November, 2003 , is as follows:

BY KIMBALL, J. :

2002-CA- 2795      GREATER NEW ORLEANS EXPRESSWAY COMMISSION v. HONORABLE REBECCA M. OLIVIER, JUDGE FIRST PARISH COURT, DIVISION "A" AND HONORABLE GEORGE W. GIACOBBE, JUDGE FIRST PARISH COURT, DIVISION "B" (Parish of Jefferson)

For the reasons assigned, we find this court does not have appellate jurisdiction over this case pursuant to the provisions of La. Const. art. V, §5(D). This case is transferred to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal.

Case transferred to Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal.

 

VICTORY, J., dissents for the reasons assigned by Justices Knoll and Weimer.

KNOLL, J., dissents and assigns reasons.

WEIMER, J., dissents and assigns reasons.