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STATE v. SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS CO., L.P.

No. 96-CC-3094.

699 So.2d 1058 (1997)

The STATE of Louisiana, William Kimball, H.M. Kimball, and Elizabeth Kimball Lewis, Individually and as Representatives of a Class of Those Similarly Situated v. SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L.P., et al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

September 9, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry D. Salassi, Jr., John F. Olinde, H. Evan Scobee, Charles P. Blanchard, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans; James P. Dore, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, Baton Rouge; M. Lizabeth Talbott, Lamothe & Hamilton, New Orleans; Galen S. Brown, New Orleans, for Applicant.

Patrick W. Pendley, Victor L. Marcello, Talbot, Carmouche, Marchand & Marcello, Plaquemine; Robert H. Carpenter, Jr., Baton Rouge, Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General, Allen J. Myles, Myles & Myles, Plaquemine; Damon A. Dunn, St. Amant, Michael R. Mangham, Louis R. Davis, Layafette, Claire A. Fisher, for Respondent.

Eric Shuman, New Orleans, for amicus curiae, Harbison Walker Refractories Company.

Michael R. Sistrunk, Mark E. Hanna, Metairie, for amicus curiae Owens-Corning Fiberglass, and W. R. Grace & Company.

Elizabeth R. Schick, Peter A. Kraus, Columbus, OH, David V. Denny, Metairie, for amici curiae, Willis Jude Batiste, Sr., Barbara Clay Batiste, Lamar Golmoan, Marie C. Golmoan, Leroy J. Portal, Berine Stewart, Sr., Sadie L. Stewart.

TRAYLOR, Justice.

We granted writs to review the Louisiana procedural rules for random assignment of cases. Specifically, we examined the validity of an interdivisional non-random transfer. We hold the 18th Judicial District Court's interdivisional transfer of the WilTel and Sprint lawsuits for judicial economy and case management violates La.Code Civ. Proc. art. 253.1, Local Rule 9 and public policy. Cases should be assigned and heard on a fair and impartial basis...

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