Belaire Development & Construction, Llc v. Succession Of Theodore Shelton Sr., Et Al.

Supreme Court of Louisiana
April 23, 2025
Chief Deputy Clerk of Court
For the Court
The Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana
BELAIRE DEVELOPMENT &
CONSTRUCTION, LLC
VS.
SUCCESSION OF THEODORE SHELTON SR.,
ET AL.
No. 2025-C-00156
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N RE: Belaire Development & Construction, LLC - Applicant Plaintiff; Applying
For Writ Of Certiorari, Parish of St. Martin, 16th Judicial District Court Number(s)
91035, Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, Number(s) 24-267;
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April 23, 2025
Writ application granted - see briefing notice and Order.
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Supreme Court
STATE OF LOUISIANA
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CHIEF JUSTICE
JOHN L. WEIMER
JUSTICES
WILLIAM J. CRAIN
JOHN MICHAEL GUIDRY
CADE R. COLE
JAY B. MCCALLUM
JEFFERSON HUGHES
PIPER D. GRIFFIN

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VERONICA O. KOCLANES
CLERK OF COURT

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April 23, 2025

2025-C-00156 BELAIRE DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION, LLC
VS. SUCCESSION OF THEODORE SHELTON SR., ET
AL.

NOTE: FOR BRIEFING PURPOSES WRIT GRANTED April 23, 2025

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 May 19, 2025; and
the respondent on or before June 9, 2025.

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.

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 on ly
if received by the clerk on or before the last day of the delay for filing.

Regards,

Ryan Chan
Deputy Clerk

RC: RC

ccs: All Counsel
Hon. Roger P. Hamilton
Hon. Laura Blanchard
Hon. Renee R. Simien
16th Judicial District Court: 91035 - Div:H
Court of Appeal, Third Circuit: 24-267

SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
No. 2025-C-00156
BELAIRE DEVELOPMENT & CONSTRUCTION, LLC
VERSUS
SUCCESSION OF THEODORE SHELTON SR., ET AL.
On Writ of Certiorari and/or Review
Sixteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of St. Martin, No. 91035;
Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. 24-267.
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 23rd day of April, in the year of our
Lord, Two Thousand Twenty-Five.
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Veronica O. Koclanes
Clerk of Court
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Deputy Clerk of Court