FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 059

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

 

The Opinion handed down on the 23th day of September, 2008, is as follows:

 

BY TRAYLOR, J.:

2007-CC-2256 MEYER & ASSOCIATES, INC. v. COUSHATTA TRIBE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)
For the foregoing reasons, we reverse the ruling of the court of appeal, reinstate the judgment of the trial court, and remand the matter to the district court for further proceedings not inconsistent with this opinion.
REVERSED AND REMANDED.

CALOGERO, C.J., additionally concurs and assigns additional reasons.
KIMBALL, J., dissents and assigns reasons.
JOHNSON, J., dissents for reasons assigned by Kimball, J.
VICTORY, J., concurs in result.
WEIMER, J., dissents and assigns reasons.