Impressions Advertising Specialities, LLC and Jim C. Watson v. The State of Louisiana, through The Department of Transportation and Development
Impressions Advertising Specialities, LLC and Jim C. Watson v. The State of Louisiana, through The Department of Transportation and Development, No. 2026 CW 0672 (La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. July 27, 2026).
Opinion text
STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
IMPRESSIONS ADVERTISING NO. 2026 CW 0672
SPECIALITIES, LLC AND JIM C.
WATSON
VERSUS
THE STATE OF LOUISIANA,
THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND JULY 27, 2026
DEVELOPMENT
In Re: Impressions Advertising Specialties, LLC and Jim C.
Watson, applying for supervisory writs, 19th Judicial
District Court, Parish of East Baton Rouge, No. 731011.
BEFORE : PENZATO, GREENE, AND FIELDS, JJ.
WRIT GRANTED. The portion of the April 22, 2026 judgment,
which granted the Motion for Partial Summary Judgment filed by the
defendant, the State of Louisiana, through the Department of
Transportation and Development (“DOTD”), and dismissed all claims
of the plaintiffs, Impressions Advertising Specialties, LLC and
Jim C. Watson, arising out of the June 9, 2021 public records
request, is reversed. DOTD failed to point out to the court the
absence of factual support for one or more elements essential to
plaintiffs’ claims. See La. Code Civ. P. art. 966(D) (1); Aucoin v.
State Through Terrebonne Levee and Conservation District, 2025-
0879 (La. App. Ist Cir. 4/24/26), -- So.3d ---, 2026 WL 1122119,
*2 (“This ‘pointing out’ must be more than a bare assertion ina
motion for summary judgment or brief.”). Accordingly, DOTD’s
Motion for Partial Summary Judgment and requested relief related
to the plaintiffs’ June 9, 2021 public records request is denied.
AHP
HG
WEF