JEFF MERCER, L.L.C. v. STATE, DOTD.

No. 2014 CA 1752.

174 So.3d 1180 (2015)

JEFF MERCER, L.L.C., Specialty Contractors of Louisiana, L.L.C., Gibson & Associates, Inc., and Cecil D. Gassiott, L.L.C. v. STATE of Louisiana, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT. Alpha Service and Products, Inc., et al, v. State of Louisiana, Department of Transportation and Development.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 28, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell W. Wray , Stacey A. Smith , St. Francisville, LA, Harry T. Lemmon , New Orleans, LA, William L. Townsend, III , T. Taylor Townsend , Natchitoches, LA for Plaintiffs-1st Appellants, Specialty Contractors of Louisiana, L.L.C., Gibson & Associates, Inc., and Cecil D. Gassiott, L.L.C. and for Plaintiffs-2nd Appellants, Alpha Service and Products, Inc., and Hames Contracting, Inc.

Bruce R. Hoefer, Jr. , Ira J. Rozenzweig , Phillip J. Rew , D. Russell Holwadel , New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee, State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development.

Before WHIPPLE, C.J., HIGGINBOTHAM and DRAKE, JJ.


In this matter, two cases that were consolidated for all purposes, including trial and this appeal, concern one common issue of statutory interpretation: whether La. R.S. 9:2780.1 applies to public works contracts with the State of Louisiana, through the Department of Transportation and Development (DOTD), so as to prevent DOTD...

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