James Mccormick, D.D.S., And Kim Morris Mccormick v. Joe E. "butch" Ford, Jr., William "bill" Altimus, Jerome Darby, And Carlotta Askew-brown

Supreme Court of Louisiana
November 27, 2024
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
JAMES MCCORMICK, D.D.S., AND KIM
MORRIS MCCORMICK
VS.
JOE E. "BUTCH" FORD, JR., WILLIAM
"BILL" ALTIMUS, JEROME DARBY,
AND CARLOTTA ASKEW-BROWN
No. 2024-C-01007
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IN
RE: Joe E. "Butch" Ford, Jr. - Applicant Defendant; Applying For Writ Of
Certiorari, Parish of Bossier, 26th Judicial District Court Number(s) 164341, Court
of Appeal, Second Circuit, Number(s) 55,689-CA;
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November 27, 2024
Writ application granted - see briefing notice and Order.
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11/27/2024 "See News Release 054 for any Concurrences and/or Dissents."

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CHIEF JUSTICE
JOHN L, WEIMER
JUSTICES
WLLIAM J, CRAIN
SCOTT J, CRICHTON
JEANNETTE T. KNOLL
JAY S. I4CCALLUM
JEFFERSON HUGHES
PIPER D, GRIFFIN
First District
Second District
Third District (pro
tempore)
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VERONICA O, KOCLANES
CLEHK OF COURT
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NEW ORLEANS, LA 70130.8102
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November 27 .2024
2024-C-0t007 JAMES MCCORMICK, D.D.S., ET AL. VS. JOE E.
"BUTCH'' FORD, JR., ET AL.
NOTE: FOR BRIEFING PURPOSES WzuT GRANTED November 27,2024
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
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or relator, as the case may be, must file their briefs on or before December 23.20242
and the respo ndent on or before January 13,2025.
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 ofthe delay for filing.
Re S.
Ryan Chan
Deputy Clerk
RC:RC
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.
11/27/2024

ccs: All Counsel
Hon. Michael Mike Craig
Hon. Jill Sessions
Hon. Robin Norman Jones
26th Judicial District Court: 164341 - Div:C
Court of Appeal, Second Circuit: 55,689-CA

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No.2024-C-0r007
JAMES MCCORMICK, D.D.S., AND KIM MORRIS MCCORMICK
VERSUS
JOE E. ''BUTCH'' FORD,JR., WILLIAM ''BILL'' ALTIMUS,
JEROME DARBY, AND CARLOTTA ASKEW-BROWN
On Writ of Certiorari and/or Review
Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court, Parish of Bossier,, No. 164,341,
Court of Appeal, Second Circuit, No. 55,689-CA.
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- "lt is
ordered that the writ of review issue; that the District Court and the Court of
Appeal send up the record in Duplicate ofthe 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 l, at the
Witness the Honorable Justices of the
Supreme Court ofthe State ofLouisiana, on
this 27th day of November, in the year of our
Lord, Two Thousand Twenty-Four.
Veronica O. Koclanes
Clerk of Court
eputy Clerk of Court
City of New Orleans, the record in duplicate of the above-entitled case.