Western Connection, Inc. v. State of La., Dotd

NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

07-70 consolidated with 07-68

THE WESTERN CONNECTION, INC.

VERSUS

STATE OF LA., DOTD

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APPEAL FROM THE
THIRTIETH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF VERNON, NOS. 64,142B AND 62,499B
HONORABLE JOHN C. FORD, DISTRICT JUDGE

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ULYSSES GENE THIBODEAUX
CHIEF JUDGE

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Court composed of Ulysses Gene Thibodeaux, Chief Judge, Jimmie C. Peters, and
Elizabeth A. Pickett, Judges.

PETERS, J., CONCURS IN THE RESULT.

AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN
PART.

Michael Wayne Landry
Assistant Attorney General
556 Jefferson Street - 4th Floor
Lafayette, LA 70501
Telephone: (337) 262-1700
COUNSEL FOR:
Defendant/Appellant - State of LA., DOTD

E. Grey Burnes Talley
Burnes, Burnes, & Talley
P. O. Box 650
Alexandria, La 71309-0650
Telephone: (318) 442-5231
COUNSEL FOR:
Plaintiff/Appellee - The Western Connection, Inc.

THIBODEAUX, Chief Judge.

For the reasons discussed in the consolidated case of The Cowboy

Connection, Inc. v. State of La., DOTD, 07-68 (La.App. 3 Cir. _______/07), ___

So.2d ___, the judgment of the trial court is affirmed, in part; and reversed, in part.

Costs of the appeal are assessed to the plaintiffs, Cowboy Connection, Inc. and

Western Connection, Inc.

AFFIRMED IN PART; REVERSED IN PART.

THIS OPINION IS NOT DESIGNATED FOR PUBLICATION. Rule
2-16.3, Uniform Rules—Courts of Appeal.