Thornton v. Moran

Decided April 1, 1977

Supreme Court of Louisiana · decided 1977-04-01

Key passage — most relied on by later courts

“to resolve the differences in the factual findings between the jury and the judge in these consolidated cases and to render a single opinion based upon the record.”

quoted by 13 later decisions, including Aubert v. Charity Hospital of Louisiana, Buffinet v. Plaquemines Parish Com'n

Relies on 341 So. 2d 1136 - Thornton v. Moran

Good law ✅— No negative treatment on recordhow we know

Decided 1977-04-01

How this case has been cited

Cited by 27 later decisions — most recently February 2009 · most notably 695 So. 2d 1326 - Powell v. Regional Transit Authority (1997), 851 So. 2d 1119 - Davis v. Witt (2003)

27 state decisions

Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.

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¶1In re: Government Employees Insurance Company, applying for Certiorari, or writ of review, to the Court of Appeal, 341 So.2d 1136, First Circuit, Parish of East Baton Rouge.

¶2Writ granted. Judgment of court of appeal reversed; case remanded to court of appeal to resolve the difference in the factual findings between the jury and the judge in these, consolidated cases and to render a single opinion based upon the *1066record. La.Const. Art. 5, § 10(B); Rights of parties to reapply for writs in accordance with law after court of appeal renders decision in accordance with views herein expressed are reserved.