Mayor-president Sharon Weston Broome, Lewis O. Unglesby, Lamont Cole, And M. E. Cormier v. Chris Rials And Norman Browning, Organizers Of The Petition To Incorporate St. George

Supreme Court of Louisiana
November 15, 2023
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
MAYOR-PRESIDENT SHARON WESTON
BROOME, LEWIS O.
UNGLESBY, LAMONT COLE, AND M. E.
CORMIER
VS.
CHRIS RIALS AND NORMAN BROWNING,
ORGANIZERS
OF THE
PETITION TO INCORPORATE ST. GEORGE
No. 2023-C-01118
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IN RE
: Chris Rials, et al. - Applicant Defendant; Norman Browning - Applicant
Defendant; Applying For Writ Of Certiorari, Parish of East Baton Rouge, 19th
Judicial District Court Number(s) 690,041, Court of Appeal, First Circuit,
Number(s) 2022 CA 1203;
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November 15, 2023
Writ application granted - see briefing notice and Order.
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11/15/2023 "See News Release 049 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

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STATE OF LOUISIANA
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November 15.2023
2023-C-01I l8 MAYOR.PRESIDENT SHARON WESTON BROOME,
ET AL. VS. CHRIS RIALS. ET AL.
NOTE: FOR BRIEFING PURPOSES WRIT GRANTED November 15,2023
MEMORANDLM TO COUNSEL IN CAPTIONED CASE:
Please be advised that the above-captioned matter will be set for oral argument on this
Court's next available docket. A copy of the official docket with the specific date and time
of oral argument will be mailed out.
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It is further provided in Rule VII, Section 9 that briefs sent through the mail shall be deemed
timely filed if mailed on or before the due date. If the brief is received by mail on the firsr
legal day following the expiration of the delay, there shall be a rebuttable presumption that it
was timely filed. In all cases where the presumption does not apply, the timeliness of the
mailing shall be shown only by an official United States postmark or by official receipt or
certificate from the United States Postal Service, or bona fide commercial mail services such
as Federal Express or United Parcel Service, made at the time of mailing which indicates the
date thereof. Any other date stamp, such as a private commercial mail meter stamp, or label
from an Automated Postal Center, shall not be used to establish timeliness.
Re
an Chan
Depuq Clerk
CHIEF JUSTICE
JOHN L. WEIMER
JUSTICES
WLLIAM J, CRAIN
SCOTT J, CNICHTON
JAMES T, GENOVESE
JAY 8, MCCALLUI\4
JEFFERSON O, HUGHES III
PIPER D, GRIFFIN
400 Royal Sr., Suite 4200
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130.8102
Please note Section 8 of Rule VII of the Rules of this Court rrrovides that the aprrlicant
or relator. as the case mav be. must file their briefs on or before December 11, 2023t
and the respondent on or before January 2.2024.
Oral argument will be waived if brief is untimely filed. Briefs submitted on legal sized paper
should be fastened at the top. All briefs should be backed with the customary "Blueback" or
other flexible material. In criminal proceedings, the court directs that counsel must file a
brief. Failure to do so may subject counsel to a penalty of contempt of Court.
Briefs forwarded by private delivery or courier service shall be deemed timely filed only if
received by the clerk on or before the last day ofthe delay for filing.
11/15/23

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ccs: All Counsel
Hon. Martin E. Coady
Hon. J. Douglas "Doug" Welbom
Hon. Rodd Naquin, Clerk
19th Judicial District Court: 690,041
Court of Appeal, First Circuit: 2022 CA 1203

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
MAYOR-PRESIDENT SHARON WESTON BROOME, LEWIS O.
UNGLESBY, LAMONT COLE, AND M. E. CORMIER
VERSUS
CHRIS RIALS AND NORMAN BROWNING' ORGANIZERS OF
THE PETITION TO INCORPORATE ST. GEORGE
On Writ of Certiorari and/or Review
Nineteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 690,041,
Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2022 CA 1203.
And, whereas, the Court has this date, pursuant to Article 5, Section 5, of the
ordered that the writ of review issue; that the District Court and the Court of
Appeal send up the rccord in Duplicate olthe casc; and that counscl for all partics
be notified."
Now, therefore, the said District Court and thc Court of Appeal is hereby
commanded, in the name of the State of Louisiana and of this Honorable Court, to
send up forthwith to this Court, in accordance with Suprcmc Court Rulc I, at thc
City of New Orleans, the record in duplicatc of the abovc-entitled case
Witness the Honorablc Justiccs of thc
Suprcmc Court of thc State of Louisiana, on
this I 5'r' day of Novembcr, in thc ycar of our
Lord, Two Thousand -f
wenty-Three.
Veronica O. Koclancs
Clerk of Court
Deputy Clerk of Court
No. 2023-C-01I I8
Constitution of Louisiana, made and issued the following order, to wit- "lt is