I n c o r p o r e a l s  C h e a p  S i n c e  2 0 0 2
N A K E D Louisiana O W N E R S H I P 
All Things Legal in Louisiana




 


October 15, 2004



La. Mineral Code Preempts Shreveport City Ordinance

The City of Shreveport gets its drinking water from nearby Cross Lake. The City passed an ordinance barring new oil and gas drilling within 1,000 feet of the lakeshore. But in Energy Management Corp. v. City of Shreveport, handed down today, the U.S. Fifth Circuit holds that the Mineral Code preempts the ordinance.

Posted by RPW at 01:35 PM

October 06, 2004



Normal Diversity Rules Apply To National Banking Associations

28 USC § 1348 says that national banking associations are "citizens of the States in which they are respectively located." Does this mean that for diversity purposes (28 USC § 1332), a national banking association is a citizen of every state where it has a branch office? No, says the U.S. Fifth Circuit in Horton v. Bank One, N.A., decided yesterday. The court interprets § 1348 as applying the normal rules of diversity to national banking association. "We hold that the definition of “located” is limited to the national bank’s principal place of business and the state listed in its organization certificate and its articles of association." Slip op. at 19.

Posted by RPW at 10:07 AM

19th JDC Judge Invalidates Amendment Banning Same-Sex Marriage

District Judge William Morvant has invalidated the Louisiana constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage, on grounds that the amendment had more than one purpose: banning both same-sex marriage and civil unions. The AP story reporting this development is here.

Posted by RPW at 07:23 AM

October 04, 2004



Edwards v. Daugherty

Last Friday, the Supreme Court released an interesting opinion in Edwards v. Daugherty, No. 03-C-2103 (La. Oct. 1, 2004). The opinion holds:

1. Louisiana law allows a liability insurer to deduct from policy limits the cost of defending the insured, if the policy so provides.

2. But the policy in question allowed the insurer to deduct only the cost of defending the insured, not the cost the insurer incurred in defending itself.

3. Louisiana law prohibits reduction in policy limits due to payment of legal interest. "Any policy provision which attempts to limit an insurer's liability for legal interest on the policy limits contravenes public policy." Slip op. at 24.

4. A plaintiff who recovers future damages in a tort case is entitled to an award of legal interest from the date of judicial demand on those future damages.

Posted by RPW at 06:56 PM
Naked Ownership Resources
Codes and Statutes
News Links
Parish Data

Other Resources
Judicial Interest Rate
Prescription [pdf]
Westlaw
Lexis

Naked Ownership Maps
Judicial Districts
Appeal Courts
Federal Courts
Parish

Court Rules
State District
LA Uniform Appeal
LA First Circuit
LA Second Circuit
LA Third Circuit
LA Fourth Circuit
LA Fifth Circuit
State Supreme
Federal District (La.)
US Bankruptcy (ED)
US Bankruptcy (MD)
US Bankruptcy (WD) [pdf]
US Fifth Circuit
US Supreme

State Court Sites
Supreme
First Circuit
Second Circuit
Third Circuit
Fourth Circuit
Fifth Circuit

Federal Court Sites
Eastern District
Middle District
Western District
Fifth Circuit

Bankruptcy Court Sites
Eastern District
Middle District
Western District

Louisiana Blawgers
AJ Levy
Steve Covell
Bradley Parker
Ernest Svenson
Ray Ward
Gideon's Promise
Kitty Says

BAR ASSOCIATIONS
American
State
Baton Rouge
Lafayette
New Orleans
Shreveport

LAW LIBRARIES
State
LSU
Loyola
Southern
Tulane

LAW SCHOOLS
LSU
Loyola
Southern
Tulane
Home
E-Mail
Syndicate / RSS

About
The Name
Disclaimer
Copyright

Contributors
Al J. Robert, Jr.
Raymond P. Ward
Ernest E. Svenson
You?

Browse by Month:

Browse by Category:

AG Opinions (2)
Alexandria (35)
Attorneys (14)
Baton Rouge (198)
Blawgistan (1)
Blawgs (10)
Civil Law (1)
Community (23)
Dicta (21)
District Courts (4)
Ethics (15)
Federal courts (1)
Judges (18)
LA 1st Circuit (17)
LA 2nd Circuit (10)
LA 3rd Circuit (3)
LA 4th Circuit (4)
LA 5th Circuit (1)
LA Case Opinions (1)
LA Register (1)
LA Supreme Court (46)
Lafayette (49)
Lake Charles (27)
Law Enforcement (2)
Law School (1)
Legislation (37)
Making A Differnce (6)
Meta (4)
Monroe (46)
National (6)
New Orleans (213)
Politics (9)
Practice (16)
Reference (2)
Shreveport (87)
Site of the Day (9)
State (8)
Technology (3)
US 5th Circuit (36)
US District Courts (8)


Site Meter