CAPITAL CITY PRESS v. LSU SYSTEM BD.

Nos. 2013 CA 2001, 2013 CA 2000.

168 So.3d 727 (2014)

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

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

December 30, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

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

Before PETTIGREW, McDONALD, and McCLENDON, JJ.


The defendants challenge the district court's judgment declaring that certain documents requested by the plaintiffs are public records under Louisiana's Public Records Act. The defendants also appeal a later district court judgment that awarded the plaintiffs civil penalties and attorney fees, contending that the amounts awarded are...

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