Jeff Hughes v. Capital City Press, L.L.C. D_B_A The Advocate

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

JEFF HUGHES NO. 2026 CW 0653
VERSUS
CAPITAL CITY PRESS, LLC JULY 20, 2026

D/B/A THE ADVOCATE

In Re: Capital City Press, L.L.C. d/b/a The Advocate, applying
for supervisory writs, 18th Judicial District Court,
Parish of Iberville, No. 79978.

BEFORE : WOLFE, MILLER, AND GREENE, JJ.

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER. The district court’s April 20, 2026
judgment granting sanctions against defendants is an appealable
judgment. La. Code Civ. P. art. 1915(A) (6); Triton Diving Servs.
LLC v. Offshore Marine Serv. Ass'n, Inc., 2023-0169 (La. App. ist
Cir. 9/21/23), 372 So.3d 832, 838. Thus, the writ application is
granted for the limited purpose of remanding this matter to the
district court with instructions to grant an appeal to defendants,
Capital City Press, LLC d/b/a The Advocate, Peter Kovacs and Danny
Heitman, pursuant to their notice of intent to seek supervisory
writs. See In Re Howard, 541 So.2d 195 (La. 1989) (per curiam);
Douglass v. Alton Ochsner Med. Found., 96-2825 (La. 6/13/97), 695
So.2d 953, 956 (“Where there is an adequate remedy by appeal, there
normally is no need for the courts to exercise supervisory
jurisdiction”). Additionally, a copy of this court’s order is to
be included in the appellate record.

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“COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

PUTY CLERK OF COURT
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