HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES v. BERNARD

No. 64346.

373 So.2d 188 (1979)

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, etc. v. Sherman A. BERNARD et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

June 25, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John R. Martzell, Martzell & Montero, New Orleans, for defendant-applicant.

David R. Poynter, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-respondent.


BLANCHE, Justice.

This matter arises out of an adjudication of contempt by the Louisiana House of Representatives against the defendants, Sherman A. Bernard1 and Richard C. Britson.2

On June 9, 1978, in response to a subpoena, Bernard and Britson appeared before the Subcommittee on Insurance Regulations of the House Commerce Committee of the Louisiana Legislature (hereinafter referred to as "Subcommittee...

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