Case Name: Chenele Ellis BLAKE v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS and Office of State Police, Grand Casinos of Louisiana, LLC-Coushatta, et al.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2002-02-22
Citations: 810 So. 2d 1143
Docket Number: No. 2001-CC-3194
Parties: Chenele Ellis BLAKE v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS and Office of State Police, Grand Casinos of Louisiana, LLC—Coushatta, et al.
Judges: CALOGERO, C.J., would deny the writ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 810
Pages: 1143–1143

Head Matter:
Chenele Ellis BLAKE v. STATE of Louisiana, Through the DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS and Office of State Police, Grand Casinos of Louisiana, LLC—Coushatta, et al.
No. 2001-CC-3194.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Feb. 22, 2002.

Opinion:
In re Coushatta Tribe of LA.; — Defendant; Applying for Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Div. J, No. 473,147; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 2001-CW-0201.
Granted. The case is remanded to the court of appeal, which is instructed to allow relator to supplement its application with a certified copy of the complete "Tribal State Compact for the Conduct of Class III Gaming Between the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana and the State of Louisiana" and to reconsider relator's application, as supplemented, on the merits.
CALOGERO, C.J., would deny the writ.
WEIMER, J., would deny the writ.