CAPITAL CITY PRESS v. LA. STATE UNIV. SYS.

Nos. 2013 CA 1803, 2013 CA 1804.

168 So.3d 669 (2014)

CAPITAL CITY PRESS, L.L.C. d/b/a the Advocate and Koran Addo v. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM BOARD OF SUPERVISORS and Hank Danos, Chairman. The Times-Picayune, L.L.C. and Quincy Hodges v. Louisiana State University System Board of Supervisors and Hank Danos, Chairman.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 30, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loretta G. Mince , Alysson L. Mills , New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs/Appellees Capital City Press, L.L.C. d/b/a The Advocate, Koran Addo, The Times-Picayune, L.L.C., and Quincy Hodges.

Jimmy R. Faircloth, Jr.   Barbara Bell Melton , Alexandria, LA, for Defendants/Appellants Louisiana State of Supervisors and Hank Danos, Chairman.

Before PETTIGREW, McDONALD, and McCLENDON, JJ.


This is an appeal of a district court judgment holding the defendants in contempt of court and imposing penalties upon them for failing to comply with a prior judgment ordering the production of certain records under the public records law. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the contempt judgment.1

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