Booker SCC, LLC; Bossier SCC, LLC; Bradford SCC, LLC; Colonial SCC, LLC; Ruston SCC, LLC; Normandie SCC, LLC; Shreveport SCC, LLC; Shringlake SCC, LLC v. Dr. Courtney N. Phillips, in her official capacity as the Secretary of The Louisiana Department of Health

BOOKER SCC, LLC; BOSSIER NO. 2024 CW 1036
SCC, LLC; BRADFORD SCC, LLC;
COLONIAL SCC, LLC; RUSTON

SCC, LLC; NORMANDIE SCC,
LLC; SHREVEPORT SCC, LLC;
AND SPRINGLAKE SCC, LLC

VERSUS

DR. COURTNEY N. PHILLIPS, IN

HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE
SECRETARY OF THE LOUISIANA NOVEMBER 18, 2024
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

In Re: Louisiana Department of Health, applying for supervisory
writs, 19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East

Baton Rouge, No. 713601.

BEFORE: THERIOT, CHUTZ, AND HESTER, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED. Plaintiffs, Booker SCC, LLC; Bossier SCC, LLC;
Bradford SCC, LLC; Colonial SCC, LLC; Ruston SCC, LLC; Normandie
SCC, LLC; Shreveport SCC, LLC; and Springlake SCC, LLC, filed a
motion to depose an attorney of record for defendant, Louisiana
Department of Health. No attorney of record shall be deposed
except under extraordinary circumstances and only where the

information sought cannot be obtained through other means. See
La. Code Civ. P. art. 1452( B); Board of ComIrs of New Orleans
Exhibition Authority v. Missouri Pacific R. Co., 94- 2604 ( La.
12/ 19/ 94), 647 So. 2d 340 ( per curiam). We find plaintiffs failed

to meet their burden of showing extraordinary circumstances exist
in this case. Accordingly, we hereby reverse the district court' s
September 18, 2024 judgment granting the motion to depose attorney
and ordering Michelle Christopher to submit to such deposition.

MRT
WRC
CHH

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

DF( TTY CLERK OF COURT
FOR THE COURT