Fontenot v. O'BRIEN’s Empirical Analysis

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5 state decisions

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1. ““Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 2083 provides the types of judgments which are appealable, to-wit: ‘An appeal may be taken from a final judgment rendered in causes in which appeals are given by law whether rendered after hearing or by default, and from an interlocutory judgment which may cause irreparable injury.’ “The dismissal, ex proprio motu, of this attempted appeal from the interlocutory judgment herein is sanctioned by Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure Article 2162 as follows: ‘An appeal can be dismissed at any time by consent of all parties, or for lack of jurisdiction of the appellate court, or because there is no right to appeal, or if, under the rules of the appellate court, the appeal has been abandoned. * * * ”’ (Emphasis ours)”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 396 So. 2d 390 - Pavlo v. Pavlo