State of Louisiana v. Carolyn Deal

Opinion

NUMBER 14-1144

COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA

STATE OF LOUISIANA

VERSUS

CAROLYN D. DEAL

This matter arises from a judgment granting the State’s petition for

mandatory preliminary injunctive relief to disqualify and enjoin the candidacy of the

defendant and pursuant to an appeal by the defendant, Carolyn D. Deal, in No. 125207-

E on the docket of the Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberia, Honorable

Keith Rayne Jules Comeaux.

Taking judicial notice of the Secretary of State’s election results in the

November 4, 2014 election, of the three candidates on the ballot, the appellant Carolyn

Deal obtained only 9.34% of the votes and is no longer a potential candidate for district

judge, thereby rendering this matter moot. Appellate courts will not review a case

where only injunctive relief is sought when the need for that relief has ceased to be a

justiciable issue. Verdun v. Scallon Brothers Constractors, Inc., 263 La. 1073, 270

So.2d 512 (La.1972). Appellate courts will not render advisory opinions from which

no practical results will follow. United Teachers of New Orleans v. Orleans Parish

School Board, 355 So.2d 899 (La.1978).

Since the appellant is no longer a candidate for district judge, we hereby

dismiss the appeal as moot. Judgment is hereby issued declaring this matter moot. It is further ordered

that the stay is recalled; and that costs are to be borne by the appellant, Carolyn D.

Deal.

November 5, 2014 Lake Charles, Louisiana

_______________________________ Chief Judge Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, For the Court