STATE v. ALL PROP. AND CAS. INS. CARRIERS

No. 2006-CD-2030.

937 So.2d 313 (2006)

STATE of Louisiana v. ALL PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE CARRIERS AUTHORIZED AND LICENSED TO DO BUSINESS IN the STATE of Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

August 25, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles C. Foti, Jr., Attorney General, Tina V. Grant, Megan K. Terrell, Ryan M. Seidemann, Clement D. Story, III, Assistant Attorneys General, for Applicant.

Adams & Reese, Philip A. Franco, Martin A. Stern, V. Thomas Clark, Jr., Jeffrey E. Richardson, Elizabeth Roussel, Barrasso, Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver, H. Minor Pipes, III, Bienvenu, Foster, Ryan & O'Bannon, John W. Waters, Jr., Gieger, Laborde & Laperouse, Robert I. Siegel, Plauche', Maselli, Landry & Parkerson, Andrew L. Plauche', Jr., Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, Seth A. Schmeekle, Joseph P. Guichet, Ralph S. Hubbard, III, New Orleans, Nielsen Law firm, Gerald J. Nielsen, Metairie, Wendy S. Weingert, Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, Christopher W. Martin, Houston, TX, for Respondent.

Bradley E. Black, Counsel for William Quigley, Judson Mitchell, Jr., Cheryl P. Buchert, Ramona Fernandez, Amicus Curiae.


TRAYLOR, Justice.

We exercise our supervisory authority in an expedited manner to determine whether Acts 2006, Nos. 739 and 802, which extend the prescriptive period under which certain insurance claims arising from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita may be filed and which may alter the insurance contractual provisions regarding the time period in which to bring a claim, are constitutional. After review of the relevant state and federal law, we find that the legislative...

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