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STATE EX REL. GUSTE v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

No. 9045.

354 So.2d 770 (1978)

STATE of Louisiana, ex rel. William J. GUSTE, Jr., Attorney General and Charles W. Tapp, Director, Governor's Consumer Protection Division, in their Official Capacity and on behalf of Barry Simon and all Louisiana Consumers similarly situated v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied February 14, 1978.

Writ Granted March 31, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Winston G. Decuir, Asst. Atty. Gen., Charles L. Porter, Staff Atty., Baton Rouge, Charles L. Patin, Jr., Staff Atty., New Orleans, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Bernard, Micholet & Cassisa, Peter L. Bernard, Jr., Walter M. Babst, Metairie, and Otis M. Smith, Gen. Counsel, General Motors Corp., Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellant; Fulbright & Jaworski, Blake Tartt, and Martin Beirne, Houston, Tex., of counsel.

Before GULOTTA, BEER and BOWES, JJ.

GULOTTA, Judge.

In this deceptive trade practice case, defendant appeals from trial court's determination that plaintiffs' claim is properly brought as a class action. In a motion to dismiss the appeal, plaintiffs argue no appeal lies because the trial court's judgment is interlocutory and no showing of irreparable injury is made. Both the motion to dismiss and the case on the merits are now before us.

The suit, brought by the Attorney General in the name...

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