FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE	NEWS RELEASE #14
FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

 

The Opinion handed down on the 3rd day of March, 2010, is as follows:

 

BY VICTORY, J.:

2010-C -0380 FRANCIS TOUCHET, JR. v. ERNAL J. BROUSSARD (Parish of Vermilion)

Retired Judge Robert L. Lobrano, assigned as Justice ad hoc, sitting for Chief Justice Catherine D. Kimball.

For the reasons stated herein, the judgment of the court of appeal is reversed and the judgment of the trial court declaring that Ernal Broussard is disqualified as a candidate for the office of councilman of District B, City of Abbeville is reinstated.
REVERSED; TRIAL COURT JUDGMENT REINSTATED.