Westley v. Land & Offshore

498 So. 2d 742, 1986 La. LEXIS 7862
Supreme Court of Louisiana·Decided December 19, 1986·No. No. 86-C-2286·Published·Cited by 1 cases

Opinion

DIXON, C.J., concurs.

Although the Court does have the statutory right to dismiss an appeal (it is a litigant’s constitutional right to appeal) the provision in Court of Appeal rules 2-12.12 declaring an appeal abandoned when the lawyer is late with the brief probably exceeds the authority of the Court.

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