BROWN v. SERPAS

No. 2013-CA-1679.

146 So.3d 748 (2014)

Ethan BROWN v. Ronal SERPAS, in his Official Capacity as Superintendent, New Orleans Police Department and Custodian of Records.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

July 16, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Bourke , Emily Washington , Louisiana Capital Assistance Center, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant.

Mary Katherine Kaufman , Assistant City Attorney, Cherrell R. Simms , Chief Deputy City Attorney, Sharonda R. Williams , City Attorney, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant/Appellee.

(Court composed of Judge DENNIS R. BAGNERIS, SR., Judge ROLAND L. BELSOME, Judge JOY COSSICH LOBRANO).


ROLAND L. BELSOME, Judge.

This appeal arises from the trial court's award of costs and fees pursuant to a public records request. Ethan Brown claims that the award allocated by the trial court was inadequate and did not conform with La. R.S. 44:35. For the reasons that follow, we agree.

This Court provided the following recitation of the procedural history of this case in Brown v. Serpas (hereinafter Brown...

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