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BROWN v. EDWARDS

Nos. 82 CA 0882, 82 CA 0883.

435 So.2d 1073 (1983)

Elizabeth Foy BROWN v. Edwin EDWARDS, As Governor, etc. Laurence SMITH, et ux. v. Edwin EDWARDS, As Governor, etc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied August 23, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murphy W. Bell, R. Judge Eames, Robert C. Williams, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellants Elizabeth Foy Brown in No. 82 CA 0882 and Laurence Smith and Irma Smith in No. 82 CA 0883.

William H. Cooper, Jr., Brent E. Kinchen, J. Marvin Montgomery, Daniel Dziuba, Baton Rouge, for defendants-appellees Edwin Edwards, etc., et al.

Before PONDER, SAVOIE and CRAIN, JJ.

CRAIN, Judge.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the trial court denying the plaintiffs' motion to set aside the dismissal of plaintiffs' suits against defendants, Edwin Edwards, and others, for lack of prosecution over a period of five years under La.C.C.P. Art. 561.

This case arose on November 16, 1972, when the sons of the petitioners were killed during a civil disturbance on the campus of Southern University. The petitioners each filed suit seeking...

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