CALDWELL v. SECOND JUDICIAL DIST. INDIGENT DEFENDER BD.

No. 17123-CA.

475 So.2d 96 (1985)

James D. CALDWELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT INDIGENT DEFENDER BOARD, Defendant-Appellee.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

Writ Denied November 8, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Culpepper, Teat, Caldwell & Avery by James D. Caldwell, Jonesboro, for plaintiff-appellant.

John Michael Ruddick, Haynesville, for defendant-appellee.

Before HALL, FRED W. JONES, Jr., and LINDSAY, JJ.


HALL, Chief Judge.

Plaintiff, a Jackson Parish attorney, filed a petition for a preliminary injunction to enjoin the Second Judicial District Indigent Defender Board from representing indigents and from receiving or dispersing money for such representation. Plaintiff alleged that the board had refused to place his name on a current panel of volunteer attorneys in violation of LSA-R.S. 15:145(A); that by doing so the board had denied him the statutory right to appointment...

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