LANDRY v. GUISSINGER

No. 82 CA 0672.

432 So.2d 383 (1983)

Hypolite T. LANDRY, Coroner of the Parish of East Baton Rouge v. Roger P. GUISSINGER, Secretary, State of Louisiana, Department of Health and Human Resources.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

May 17, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Foster Sanders, III, Asst. Parish Atty., Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellant Hypolite T. Landry, Coroner of the Parish of East Baton Rouge.

Francisco H. Perez, Section Chief, Dept. of Health & Human Resources, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee Roger P. Guissinger, Secretary, State of Louisiana, Dept. of Health & Human Resources.

Before PONDER, SAVOIE and CRAIN, JJ.


PONDER, Judge.

Plaintiff appealed the trial court's declaratory judgment interpreting portions of the Louisiana Mental Health Law governing emergency certificates and the duties of the coroner. Defendant answered the appeal contesting a portion of that judgment.

The issues on appeal are: 1) the time of notification of the coroner during the seventy-two hour period after issuance of an initial emergency certificate; 2) the coroner's right to examine a patient...

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