SONNIER v. THE CATHOLIC FOUNDATION

18-289.

261 So.3d 965 (2018)

Eugene J. SONNIER, II, v. The CATHOLIC FOUNDATION OF the DIOCESE OF LAFAYETTE, et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 19, 2018.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Troy A. Broussard , Allen & Gooch, P.O. Box 81129, Lafayette, LA 70598-1129, (337) 291-1000, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE: Society of the Roman Catholic Church of the Diocese of Lafayette, The Catholic Foundation of the Diocese of Lafayette, The Congregation of Saint Genevieve Roman Catholic Church.

Jeff Landry , Attorney General, Ryan M. Seidemann , Christopher J. Lento , Assistant Attorneys General, Civil Division, 1885 North Third Street, Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9005, (225) 326-6000, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE: Louisiana Cemetery Board.

Harold D. Register, III , Attorney at Law, 102 Versailles Boulevard, Suite 620, Lafayette, LA 70501, (337) 735-4443, COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT: Eugene J. Sonnier, II.

Norlet Pierre, In Proper Person, 1059 Bear Creek Circle, Breaux Bridge, LA 70517, (337) 247-4794, COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE: Norlet Pierre.

Court composed of John D. Saunders, Marc T. Amy, and Elizabeth A. Pickett, Judges.


The plaintiff appeals the trial court's denial of his request for a declaratory judgment ordering the defendants to allow him to move the remains of his son from where he is currently interred to another location.

FACTS & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Following the remand of this matter to the trial court by the supreme...

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