REGAN v. CALDWELL

2016 CA 0659.

218 So.3d 121 (2017)

Martin E. REGAN, Jr. v. Assistant Attorney General, James David CALDWELL, Jr., and the Attorney General James D. "Buddy" Caldwell, and the Office of the Attorney General, State of Louisiana.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 11, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin E. Regan, Jr. , New Orleans, Louisiana, Plaintiff/Appellant, In Proper Person.

Christen Denicholas , New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellant, Martin E. Regan, Jr.

E. Wade Shows , Grant J. Guillot , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, Attorney General James D. "Buddy" Caldwell and the Office of the Attorney General, State of Louisiana.

Timothy S. Madden , John A. Cangelosi , New Orleans, Louisiana, Counsel for Defendant/Appellee, Attorney General James David Caldwell, Jr.

BEFORE: WHIPPLE, C.J., GUIDRY, AND McCLENDON, JJ.


Martin E. Regan, Jr., filed the underlying suit for defamation, alleging that an assistant attorney general made false and defamatory statements about Regan to a newspaper. The defendants in the defamation action, the state's attorney general, the office of the attorney general, and the assistant attorney general who made the statements...

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