BUCKNER v. CARMACK

No. 52903.

272 So.2d 326 (1973)

Errol E. BUCKNER v. Elviera Walker CARMACK et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 15, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shuey, Smith & Carlton, W. Gene Carlton, Shreveport, for plaintiff-appellant.

Robert G. Pugh, Shreveport, Howard W. L'Enfant, Jr., New Orleans, for defendants-appellees.

Dale, Owen, Richardson, Taylor & Mathews, Sidney D. Fazio, Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Walter, Kennon, White & Odom, Kolb & Rooks, McCollister, Belcher, Cleary & Fazio, McGehee, McKinnis & Schroeder, E. Drew McKinnis, J. H. Odom, G. T. Owen, Jr., Alton J. Reine, Jr., J. Taylor Rooks, Carlos G. Spaht, Watson, Blanche, Wilson, Posner & Thibaut, Sanders, Miller, Downing & Kean, R. Gordon Kean, Jr., Baton Rouge, amici curiae.

Aycock, Horne, Caldwell & Coleman, Jack C. Caldwell, Franklin, amici curiae.

Claude P. Boudreaux, Houma, amicus curiae.

Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, J. J. Davidson, Jr., Joseph Onebane, Lafayette, amici curiae.

Anderson, Leithead, Scott, Boudreau & Savoy, Robert J. Boudreau, Camp, Carmouche, Palmer, Carwile & Barsh, Hall, Raggio & Farrar, James C. Hanchey, Jones, Kimball, Patin, Harper, Tete & Wetherill, Paul E. Palmer, Thomas L. Raggio, Stockwell, St. Dizier, Sievert & Viccellio, Oliver P. Stockwell, Charles D. Viccellio, Lake Charles, amici curiae.

Voelker, Ragland & Brackin, Frank Voelker, Lake Providence, amici curiae.

Roland J. St. Martin, LaPlace, amicus curiae.

Fish, Thomas, Montgomery & Prestridge, Wallace, Bigby & Wallace, Bossier City, amici curiae.

LeBrun, Karno, Lockhart & Brainis, Roy L. Price, Metairie, amici curiae.

Henry Bernstein, Jr., Hudson, Potts & Bernstein, Thomas W. Leigh, Welsley S. Shafto, Jr., Snellings, Breard, Sarto, Shafto & Inabnet, Theus, Grisham, Davis & Leigh, Monroe, amici curiae.

Armentor & Wattigny, Caffery, Duhe & Davis, Louie M. Cyr, Mestayer & Simon, Landry, Watkins, Cousin & Bonin, New Iberia, amici curiae.

Allain C. Andry, Jr., Allain C. Andry, III, Robert N. Andry, William L. Andry, Harold J. Aronson, Michael H. Bagot, Baldwin, Haspel, Molony, Rainold & Meyer, Bronfin, Heller, Feldman & Steinberg, Curtis R. Boisfontaine, Jerry A. Brown, Cabibi & Cabibi, Casey, Babin & Casey, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, John T. Charbonnet, James M. Colomb, Jr., Robert J. Conrad, Camille A. Cutrone, Charles I. Denechaud, Jr., Denechaud & Denechaud, Deutsch, Kerrigan & Stiles, Dresner & Dresner, Adrian G. Duplantier, Louis G. Dutel, Jr., Edward P. Ecuyer, Peter Feringa, Jr., Flanders & Flanders, A. D. Freeman, Jr., Gauche, Wegener & Oster, Beard, Blue, Schmitt & Treen, Melvin W. Mathes, Felix W. Gaudin, Hilary J. Gaudin, Philip Gensler, Goldman & Levin, Maurice Gomila, Graham, Graham & Kiefer, James J. Grevemberg, John W. Haygood, Bernhardt C. Heebe, Odom B. Heebe, H. Martin Hunley, Jr., Gordon B. Hyde, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Nolan Kammer, R. Emmett Kerrigan, Joseph E. LeBlanc, Jr., Lemle, Kelleher, Kohlmeyer, Matthews & Schumacher, Sumter D. Marks, Jr., W. D. McArthur, Charles J. McCabe, Joseph McCloskey, McCloskey, Dennery & Page, McLoughlin, Barranger, Provosty & Melancon, Donald N. Memmer, Milling, Saal, Benson, Woodward & Hillyer, Monroe & Lemann, Montgomery, Barnett, Brown & Read, Ogden & Ogden, Pierre D. Olivier, Jr., Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, G. Henry Pierson, Jr., Plough, Jumonville & Mulla, Robert G. Polack, Polack, Rosenberg & Rittenberg, Robert R. Rainold, Lloyd A. Ray, Sessions, Fishman, Rosenson, Snellings, & Boisfontaine, Simon & Simon, Stahl & Berke, Louis G. Shushan, Moise S. Steeg, Jr., Bat P. Sullivan, Tucker & Shonekas, Rudolf O. Vorbush, Edward F. Wegmann, M. Truman Woodward, Jr., William Waller Young, Jr., New Orleans, amici curiae.

Jewell & Jewell, Thomas J. Jewell, New Roads, amici curiae.

Cotton & Bolton, W. D. Cotton, Rayville, amici curiae.

Blanchard, Walker, O'Quin & Roberts, Bodenheimer, Jones, Klotz & Simmons, Booth, Lockard, Jack, Pleasant & LeSage, C. P. Brocato, Brown & Dormer, Burnett, Harrison & Sutton, Arthur R. Carmody, Jr., John T. Carpenter, Cook, Clark, Egan, Yancey & King, Jackson B. Davis, Jared Y. Evans, Feist, Schober & Howell, Gallagher & Gallagher, Goode & Goode, Hargrove, Guyton, Van Hook & Ramey, T. Haller Jackson, Jr., Morelock, Egan & Cook, Naff, Kennedy, Goodman & Donovan, Nelson Ltd., Henry A. Politz, Cecil E. Ramey, Jr., Robert Roberts, III, Armand W. Roos, Jr., Shuey, Smith & Carlton, Skeels, Baker & Coleman, Smith, Trichel, Malsch & Ballard, Smitherman, Smitherman, Lunn & Hussey, Stagg, Cady & Beard, Charles E. Tooke, Jr., Tucker, Martin, Holder, Jeter & Jackson, Wiener, Weiss & Wiener, Wilkinson, Woods, Carmody & Peatross, Clarence Y. Yancy, Shreveport, amici curiae.

E. H. Lancaster, Jr., Tallulah, amicus curiae.


SANDERS, Justice.

This suit challenges the constitutionality of Articles 2638 and 2639 of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure, relating to executory process, in the wake of the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court in Fuentes v. Shevin, 407 U.S. 67, 92 S.Ct. 1983, 32 L.Ed.2d 556 (1972). The district court sustained the defendants' plea of unconstitutionality. We reverse and uphold the validity of the code articles at...

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