Habibi Shriners v. Evangeline Masonic Club Holding Corporation F/K/A Evangeline Shrine Club Holding Corporation

STATE OF LOUISIANA
COURT OF APPEAL, THIRD CIRCUIT

24-137 consolidated with 24-136

HABIBI SHRINERS

VERSUS

EVANGELINE MASONIC CLUB
HOLDING CORPORATION F/K/A EVANGELINE
SHRINE CLUB HOLDING CORPORATION

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APPEAL FROM THE
FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF LAFAYETTE, NO. 20233664 C/W 20235218
HONORABLE MARILYN C. CASTLE, DISTRICT JUDGE

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GARY J. ORTEGO
JUDGE

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Court composed of Gary J. Ortego, Ledricka J. Thierry, and Wilbur L. Stiles, Judges.

AFFIRMED.

Edward P. Landry
Landry Watkins Repaske & Breaux
P. O. Box 12040
New Iberia, LA 70562-2040
(337) 364-7626
COUNSEL FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLANTS:
John Doucet
Ryan Cormier
Evangeline Shrine Club Holding Corporation, et al.
Evangeline Masonic Club Holding Corporation
Daniel Hebert
Gerard Hebert

George A. Veazey
Veazey, Felder & Renegar, LLC
P. O. Box 80948
Lafayette, LA 70598-0948
(337) 234-5350
COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLEE:
Habibi Shriners

Karly Dorr
Frank X. Neuner, Jr.
Neuner Pate
1001 W. Pinhook Road, Ste 200
Lafayette, LA 70503
(337) 237-7000
COUNSEL FOR PLAINTIFFS/APPELLEES:
Thomas Kussman
Evangeline Shrine Club Holding Corporation, et al.
David Hyatt
Evangeline Masonic Club Holding Corporation
William Powell

ORTEGO, Judge.
For the reasons assigned in Evangeline Shrine Club Holding Corporation

through its Proper and Duly Auth Officers and Directors William Powell, Thomas

Kussman and David Hyatt v. Gerard Hebert, John Doucet, Ryan Cormier and Daniel

Hebert, 24-136 (La.App. 3 Cir. 11/__/24), ___ So.3d ___, handed down this day, the

following Decree is provided in this consolidated matter:

DECREE

Appellants, Gerard Hebert, John Doucet, Ryan Cormier, and Daniel Hebert

present four issues for review. We find no merit to any of the issues presented. As

such, we affirm the trial court’s judgment denying Appellants’ peremptory exception

and granting Appellees’ Writ of Quo Warranto and Writ of Mandamus ordering

Appellants, Gerard Hebert, John Doucet, Ryan Cormier, and Daniel Hebert, to

immediately deliver all business records, papers, assets and any effects related to

their previous roles as members, officers and/or directors of the Evangeline Shrine

Club, and/or the Evangeline Shrine Club Holding Corporation, (a/k/a or now the

“Evangeline Masonic Club Holding Corporation”), to Petitioners, William K.

Powell, Thomas Kussmann, and David Hyatt, the acting representatives of the

Evangeline Shrine Club, and/or the Evangeline Shrine Club Holding Corporation.

Costs of these proceedings, including this appeal, are assessed to Gerard

Hebert, John Doucet, Ryan Cormier, and Daniel Hebert.

AFFIRMED.