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BURKETT v. LEWIS

No. 42,985-CA.

966 So.2d 718 (2007)

Don BURKETT, District Attorney, Plaintiff-Appellee v. Deabraid A. LEWIS, Defendant-Appellant.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Second Circuit.

September 21, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seabaugh, Benson, Keene, Denny & Gerhardt, by Bryce J. Denny, Shreveport, for Appellant.

Richard Z. Johnson, Jr., Baton Rouge, for Appellee.

Before WILLIAMS, STEWART, CARAWAY, PEATROSS and DREW, JJ.

CARAWAY, J.

This appeal is taken from a judgment disqualifying defendant, Deabraid A. Lewis, as a candidate for the DeSoto Parish Police Jury. For the following reasons, we reverse.

Facts

On September 13, 2007, DeSoto District Attorney Don Burkett (the "District Attorney") filed a petition to disqualify Lewis as a candidate for the DeSoto Parish Police Jury representing District 4C. The petition alleged that Lewis was disqualified to run for...

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