RITCHIE v. DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORR.

No. 90 CA 1196.

595 So.2d 1158 (1991)

Ewen T. RITCHIE, Jr. v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 13, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark V. Marinoff, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellee Ewen T. Ritchie, Jr.

Wayne R. Crouch, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant Louisiana Dept. of Public Safety and Corrections.

Before COVINGTON, C.J., and SAVOIE and LeBLANC, JJ.


SAVOIE, Judge.

In this appeal, the issues before us are legal questions which are res nova in this court: (1) whether a person has ten days or thirty days in which to request an administrative hearing under LSA-R.S. 32:667; and (2) if the former, whether that period is prescriptive or preemptive.

The Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections (DPSC) suspensively appeals the judgment of the district court which ordered it to grant the plaintiff an...

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