Protecting a Defendant's Right to Appeal Adverse Judgments Under Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 966(G)

AuthorWilliam Bell
PositionJ.D./D.C.L. 2020, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University
Pages1496-1526
Louisiana Law Review Louisiana Law Review
Volume 80
Number 4
Summer 2020
Article 11
11-11-2020
Protecting a Defendant’s Right to Appeal Adverse Judgments Protecting a Defendant’s Right to Appeal Adverse Judgments
Under Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 966(G) Under Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 966(G)
William Bell
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Protecting a Defendant’s Right to Appeal Adverse Judgments Under Louisiana Code of Civil
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Protecting a Defendant’s Right to Appeal Adverse
Judgments Under Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure
Article 966(G)
William Bell*
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ................................................................................ 1492
I. What Is a Motion for Summary Judgment,
and How Do Courts Use It? ....................................................... 1494
A. Summary Judgment: “Summary” ........................................ 1495
B. Summary Judgment in Louisiana ........................................ 1497
II. History of Louisiana Code of
Civil Procedure Article 966(G) .................................................. 1499
A. Origins of Article 966(G) .................................................... 1499
B. The Applicability of Article 966(G) .................................... 1500
III. Louisiana Courts’ Interpretation of Article 966(G) ................... 1502
A. The Third Circuit in Mire v. Guidry and
White v. Louisiana Department of
Transportation and Development ........................................ 1502
B. The Fifth Circuit’s Interpretation of Article 966(G)
in Dixon v. Gray Insurance Co............................................ 1506
C. How Other Louisiana Appellate Courts Have
Addressed Article 966(G).................................................... 1508
IV. How Courts Should Handle Appeal Rights
Under Article 966(G) ................................................................. 1509
Copyright 2020, by WILLIAM BELL.
* J.D./D.C.L. 2020, Paul M. Hebert Law Center, Louisiana State University.
My Comment is dedicated in memory of my grandfather, James A. Young, who
passed away shortly before publication. Additionally, I would like to thank the
Honorable Guy Holdridge, Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeal, for his guidance
in writing this Comment. I also thank my parents for their support not only in the
writing of this paper but in all of my endeavors. Finally, I would like to thank the
Louisiana Law Review Volume 79 Board of Editors for guiding me through the
writing process.

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