DEUMITE v. STATE

No. 95-CA-1263.

668 So.2d 727 (1996)

Norman DEUMITE, et al. v. STATE of Louisiana, et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 28, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drew Michael Louviere, Robert Dean Hoover, Hoover & Collins, Baton Rouge, for Applicant.

Rick A. Caballero, Baton Rouge, Patrick W. Pendley, Plaquemine, Due, Caballero, Price & Guidry; David Wyatt Robertson, Baton Rouge, for Respondent.

William Thomas D'Zurilla, New Orleans, Blake George Arata, Jr., C. Perrin Rome, III, Metairie, Counsel for amicus curiae Gidget Begnaud Douglas, and Douglas James Begnaud.


VICTORY, Justice.1

In this personal injury suit against the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, and various other State agencies, the trial court declared the recreational immunity provision contained in La.R.S. 9:2795(E) to be an unconstitutional grant of sovereign immunity in contravention of La. Const. art. XII, § 10(A).2 The Department of Wildlife and Fisheries and the other defendants...

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