Case Name: Charles N. BRANTON v. Bryan D. HAGGERTY, Vincent Lobello, and Malise Prieto, Clerk of Court, Parish of St. Tammany
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2004-08-26
Citations: 885 So. 2d 1043
Docket Number: No. 2004-C-2182
Parties: Charles N. BRANTON v. Bryan D. HAGGERTY, Vincent Lobello, and Malise Prieto, Clerk of Court, Parish of St. Tammany.
Judges: WEIMER, J., concurs in the result and assigns reasons. CALOGERO, C.J., dissents and assigns reasons. JOHNSON, J., dissents.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 885
Pages: 1043–1044

Head Matter:
Charles N. BRANTON v. Bryan D. HAGGERTY, Vincent Lobello, and Malise Prieto, Clerk of Court, Parish of St. Tammany.
No. 2004-C-2182.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Aug. 26, 2004.
Rehearing Denied Aug. 31, 2004.
CALOGERO, C J., and JOHNSON, J., would grant a rehearing.

Opinion:
| .PER CURIAM.
WRIT GRANTED. The lower courts erred as a matter of law. The lower courts' reliance upon Cook v. Campbell, 360 So.2d 1193 (La.App. 2d Cir.1978), writ denied, 362 So.2d 573 (La.1978), is misplaced. The Cook case concerned a constitutional judgeship for the Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Court for Bossier and Webster Parishes, whereas the case presently before us concerns a statutorily created judgeship for the Slidell City Court. For the reasons assigned in the dissenting opinion in the Court of Appeal by Judge Parro, the lower courts' judgments are reversed and set aside. Judgment is hereby rendered declaring candidates Bryan D. Haggerty and Vincent Lobello not qualified to run for the office of Judge, City Court of Slidell.
WEIMER, J., concurs in the result and assigns reasons. CALOGERO, C.J., dissents and assigns reasons. JOHNSON, J., dissents.