211 So. 3d 431 - Hatcher v. Rouse’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on 889 So. 2d 1019 - Hoag v. State · 916 So. 2d 1106 - Judson v. Davis · Newman Marchive Partnership, Inc. v. City of Shreveport · 695 So. 2d 1126 - Alliance for Affordable Energy v. Frick · Melancon v. Police Jury of Lafayette
Most-quoted passages
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“Any person who has been denied the right to inspect, copy, reproduce, or obtain a copy or reproduction of a record under the provisions of this Chapter, either by a determination of the custodian or by the passage of five days, exclusive of Saturdays, Sundays, and legal public holidays, from the date of his in-person, written, or electronic request without receiving a determination in writing by the custodian or an estimate of the time reasonably necessary for collection, segregation, redaction, examination, or review of a records request, may institute proceedings for the issuance of a writ of mandamus, injunctive or declaratory relief, together with attorney fees, costs and damages as provided for by this Section, in the district court for the parish in which the office of the custodian is located.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The custodian of public records cannot be expected to produce records that it cannot identify. To the contrary, the custodian’s statutory duty is “to provide immediate access to records that are available.” All. for Affordable Energy v. Frick, 96-1763, p. 7 (La.App. 4 Cir. 5/28/97), 695 So.2d 1126, 1132 (emphasis added). As Dr. Rouse was unable to identify records pertaining to Mr. Hatcher’s request, we find no abuse of the trial court’s discretion in denying the request for a Writ and dismissing it. As the Louisiana Supreme Court once found, “[u]nder these circumstances [of this case], a mandamus would not serve a useful purpose and should not issue,” Reynolds v. Louisiana Highway Comm’n, 163 La. 125 , 111 So. 622, 624 (La. 1927).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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