2024-C-00840 Precedential Writ granted. Processed

William Campbell v. Orient-express Hotels Louisiana, Inc., Windsor Court Hotel Inc. Of Delaware, Windsor Court Hotel, L.L.C., Windsor Court Hotel Limited Partnership, Windsor Court Management Louisiana, Inc., Abc Security Company, And Xyz Insurance C

Louisiana Supreme Court · Filed November 14, 2024

Also decided on this docket: La., March 21, 2025

Opinion text

Supreme Court of Louisiana
November 14, 2024
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
WILLIAM CAMPBELL
VS.
ORIENT-EXPRESS HOTELS LOUISIANA, INC.,
WINDSOR COURT HOTEL INC. OF
DELAWARE, WINDSOR COURT HOTEL,
L.L.C., WINDSOR COURT HOTEL LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP, WINDSOR COURT
MANAGEMENT LOUISIANA, INC., ABC
SECURITY COMPANY, AND XYZ INSURANCE
COMPANY
No. 2024-C-00840
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IN
RE: Orient-Express Hotels Louisiana, Inc., et al. - Applicant Defendant; Orient-
Express Hotels Louisiana, Inc. - Applicant Defendant; Windsor Court Hotel Inc. of
Delaware - Applicant Defendant; Windsor Court Hotel, L.L.C. - Applicant
Defendant; Windsor Court Hotel Limited Partnership - Applicant Defendant;
Windsor Court Management Louisiana, Inc. - Applicant Defendant; Applying For
Writ Of Certiorari, Parish of Orleans Civil, Civil District Court Number(s) 2009-
04175, Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, Number(s) 2023-CA-0731;
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November 14, 2024
Writ application granted - see briefing notice and Order.
JDH
JLW
SJC
JTK
WJC
JBM
PDG
11/14/2024 "See News Release 051 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

Supreme Court
STATE OF LOUISIANA
New Orleans
C
HIEF JUSTICE
JOHN L. WEIMER
JUSTICES
WILLIAM J. CRAIN
SCOTT J. CRICHTON
JEANNETTE T. KNOLL
JAY B. MCCALLUM
JEFFERSON HUGHES
PIPER D. GRIFFIN
S
ixth District
F
irst District
Second District
Third District (pro
tempore)
Fourth District
Fifth District
Seventh District
V
ERONICA O. KOCLANES
CLERK OF COURT
400 Royal St., Suite 4200
NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130-8102
T
ELEPHONE (504) 310-2300
HOME PAGE http://www.lasc.org
November 14, 2024
2024-C-00840 WILLIAM CAMPBELL VS. ORIENT-EXPRESS HOTELS
LOUISIANA, INC., ET AL.
NOTE: FOR BRIEFING PURPOSES WRIT GRANTED November 14, 2024
MEMORANDUM 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.
Please note Section 8 of Rule VII of the Rules of this Court provides that the applicant
or relator, as the case may be, must file their briefs on or before December 9, 2024;
and the respondent on or before December 30, 2024.
Or
al 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.
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 first
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.
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 of the delay for filing.
Regards
,
Ryan Chan
Deputy Cle
rk
RC: RC
11/14/24

ccs: All Counsel
Hon. Richard G. Perque
Hon. Chelsey Richard Napolean
Hon. Justin I. Woods, Clerk
Civil District Court: 2009-04175
Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit: 2023-CA-0731

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 2024-C-00840
WILLIAM CAMPBELL
VS.
ORIENT-EXPRESS HOTELS LOUISIANA, INC., WINDSOR COURT
HOTEL INC. OF DELAWARE, WINDSOR COURT HOTEL, L.L.C.,
WINDSOR COURT HOTEL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, WINDSOR
COURT MANAGEMENT LOUISIANA, INC., ABC SECURITY
COMPANY, AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY
On Writ of Certiorari and/or Review
Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans, No. 2009-04175;
Court of Appeal, Fourth Circuit, No. 2023-CA-0731.
And, whereas, the Court has this date, pursuant to Article 5, Section 5, of the
Constitution of Louisiana, made and issued the following order, to wit— “It is
ordered that the writ of review issue; that the District Court and the Court of
Appeal send up the record in Duplicate of the case; and that counsel for all parties
be notified.”
Now, therefore, the said District Court and the 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 Supreme Court Rule 1, at the
City of New Orleans, the record in duplicate of the above-entitled case.
Witness the Honorable Justices of the
Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana, on
this 14th day of November, in the year of our
Lord, Two Thousand Twenty-Four.
_________________________
Veronica O. Koclanes
Clerk of Court
__________________________
Deputy Clerk of Court