Law Industries, LLC v. State of Louisiana, Department of Education, Recovery School District and Advanced Environmental Consulting, Inc.

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

LAW INDUSTRIES, LLC NO. 2020 CW 0749

VERSUS

STATE OF LOUISIANA,
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
RECOVERY SCHOOL DISTRICT AND
ADVANCED ENVIRONMENTAL
NOVEMBER 20, 2020
CONSULTING, INC.

In Re: Orleans Parish School Board and Choice Foundation,

applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial District
Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 676874.

BEFORE: GUIDRY, HIGGINBOTHAM, AND LANIER, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. The trial court' s March 12, 2020 judgment
the exception of nonjoinder filed by Advanced
sustaining
Environmental Consulting, LLC is hereby reversed. Pursuant to

La. Code Civ. P. art. 641, we find that complete relief can be

granted herein those already parties, and while the
among
Orleans Parish School Board and the Choice Foundation claim an

interest relating to this subject matter, they are not situated

such that an adjudication in their absence would impair or

impede their ability to protect that interest or leave the

parties herein subject to a substantial risk of multiple or

inconsistent obligations as the damages sought herein differ
from those sought in the case pending in the Civil District

Court in the Parish of Orleans. Therefore, Advanced

Environmental Consulting, LLC' s exception of nonjoinder is
denied.

JMG
TMH
WIL

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

IANC/
D PUT' L RK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT