CHERON v. LCS CORRECTIONS SERVICES, INC.

No. 2004-CC-0703.

891 So.2d 1250 (2005)

Patrick R. CHERON v. LCS CORRECTIONS SERVICES, INC. and the State of Louisiana Through the Department of Public Safety and Corrections and Warden Gary Copes.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

January 19, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Annette Rhodes Seng, Assistant Attorney General, for applicant.

Law Offices of Ferdinand J. Kleppner, Ltd., Ferdinand J. Kleppner, Metairie; Edwards Law Firm, Christopher Alan Edwards, Lafayette, for respondent.


WEIMER, Justice.

Certiorari was granted in this matter to address a split in the circuits as to whether LSA-R.S. 15:1171-1179 as amended by 2002 La. Acts, 1st Extraordinary Session, No. 89, effective April 18, 2002, (Act 89), applies retroactively to a case in which vested rights would be affected.1 For reasons that follow, we affirm the ruling of the lower courts denying the exceptions of prematurity and vagueness/ambiguity urged by the...

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