IEYOUB v. W.R. GRACE & CO. — CONN.

No. 97-728.

708 So.2d 1227 (1998)

Richard P. IEYOUB, Attorney General ex rel., State of Louisiana, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. W.R. GRACE & CO.—CONN., et al. Defendants-Appellants.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

March 6, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. Badon, Drew Averill Ranier, Lake Charles, Richard F. Scruggs, Samuel M. Millette, Jr., Pascagoula, MS, W. Steve Vozeman, for Richard P. Ieyoub Attorney General ex rel. State.

James Charles Gulotta, Jr., New Orleans, James R. Nieset, Lake Charles, Barry Weldon Ashe, New Orleans, for W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn., et at.

Michael Gonzales Durand, Lafayette, for Interstate Fire & Cas. Co.

Godfrey Bruce Parkerson, Barbara L. Arras, New Orleans, James D. Pagliaro, Philadelphia, PA, C. McSherry Dolan, Dennis J. Valenza, Philadelphia, PA, for U.S. Gypsum Co.

James L. Pate, Lafayette, for Eagle, Inc.

William T. McCall, Lake Charles, for Central Nat. Ins. and Pacific Employers Ins.

John Michael Veron, Scott James Scofield, Lake Charles, Maria G. Enriquez, Chicago, IL, Charlene Kittredge, for American Reinsurance Co.

Joe A. Brame, Lake Charles for National Cas. Co.

Joseph Maselli, Jr., New Orleans, for American Mfrs. Mut. Ins. Co.

Paul H. Saint-Antoine, Wilson M. Brown, III, Philadelphia, PA, for American Motorists Ins. Co.

Ralph Shelton Hubbard, III, Loree Peacock LeBouef, Celeste Darmstadter, New Orleans, for The Maryland Cas. Co.

Shelby W. McKenzie, William Luther Wilson, John S. Campbell, III, Baton Rouge, for Republic Ins. Co.

Thomas W. Balhoff, Judith R. E. Atkinson, Baton Rouge, for Government Employees Ins. Co.

Claude Alvin Greco, Metairie, Harry Lee, for The Home Ins. Co.

Andrew David Weinstock, Guyton Henri Valdin, Jr., Metairie, for Federal Ins. Co.

Rick J. Norman, Lake Charles, for Zurich Intern. Ltd.

Michael L. Anania, Paul V. Majkowski, New York City, for Continental Cas. Co., et al.

Kevin C. O'Bryon, New Orleans, Jackson H. Ables, III, for Employers Ins. of Wausau.

Daniel Bartoldus, Madelaine Wille, for Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

Michael D. Carbo, Denise A. Bostick, Kenneth L. Tolar, New Orleans, for London Market Insurers & Guarantee Ins.

Kathy Lee Torregano, New Orleans, for Centennial Ins. Co.

John Powers Wolff, III, Baton Rouge, for Admiral Ins. Co.

R. A. Redwine, New Orleans, for Allianz Underwriters Ins. Co. & Swiss Reins. Co.

Steve M. Sikich, Lake Charles, for Allstate Ins. Co. and Fireman's Fund Ins. Co.

Thomas M. Bergstedt, Lake Charles, for Employers Mut. Cas.

Martin Edward Golden, Baton Rouge, for Hartford Fire Ins. and Twin City Fire Ins.

William J. Bowman, Donald C. Brown, Jr., Lake Charles, for ITT/Hartford Ins. Group.

Mathile Watsky Abramson, Jay Morton Jalenak, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Metropolitan Life Ins. Co.

Stephen Nolan Elliott, Metairie, for Reilly-Benton Co., Inc.

James Michael Garner, New Orleans, for USF & G.

Michael Wayne Adley, Marc W. Judice, Lafayette, for Westport Ins. Corp.

Joel Edward Gooch, Lafayette, for North River Ins. Co.

Matthew Joseph Farley, Barbara M. Weller, New Orleans, Robert L. Joyce, New York City, for Prudential Reinsurance Co., et al.

Thomas J. Quinn, for Terra Nova Ins. Co., Ltd., et al.

Claude D. Vasser, Metairie, for Associated Intern. Ins. Co.

Michael L. Atchley, for U.S. Fire Ins. Co.

Before SAUNDERS, SULLIVAN and GREMILLION, JJ.


SULLIVAN, Judge.

This is an appeal of a summary judgment rendered in favor of plaintiff, Richard P. Ieyoub, Attorney General ex rel. State of Louisiana, in his action for declaratory judgment. At issue in this case is the constitutional validity of a contingency fee legal services contract entered into by the Attorney General with the law firm of Badon & Ranier. The Attorney General retained Badon & Ranier to pursue civil claims on behalf of the State of Louisiana...

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