State of Louisiana v. Tiktok, Inc., Tiktok, LTD., Tiktok PTE., Bytedance, LTD., and Bytedance, Inc

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISTANA NO. 2025 CW 0446
VERSUS

TIKTOK, INC., TIKTOK, LTD.,
TIKTOK PTE., BYTEDANCE,

LTD., AND BYTEDANCE, INC. AUGUST 18, 2025

In Re: TikTok Ine., TikTok Ltd., TikTok Pte. Ltd., ByteDance
Ltd., and ByteDance Inc., applying for supervisory
writs, Zist Judicial District Court, Parish of

Livingston, No. 184754.

BEFORE : McCLENDON, C.J., GREENE AND STROMBERG, JJ.
WRIT DENIED.

PMc
HG

Stromberg, J., concurs in part and dissents in part. I concur
with the denial of the writ as to the denial of the exception of
lack of personal jurisdiction. However, I dissent and would grant
the writ as to the denial of the exception of improper venue. The
allegations of the petition specifically alleged venue was proper
in East Baton Rouge Parish. Although it appears plaintiff filed
a motion to file an amended petition asserting this was a
typographical error and it should have been Livingston Parish,
there is no information in the writ application to confirm whether
that motion was granted. Moreover, the petition does not contain
substantive allegations to support that contact was made in
Livingston Parish. See La. R.S. 51:1407(A). I would grant the
exception of improper venue and remand this matter to the district
court to allow an opportunity to plaintiff to amend the petition
to remove the grounds of the objection. See La. Code Civ. P. art.
932.

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

YPUTY CLERK OF COURT
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