Case Name: IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF the DISCIPLINARY BOARD
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2017-01-09
Citations: 208 So. 3d 370
Docket Number: NO. 16-PDB-049; NO. 2016-OB-1933
Parties: IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF the DISCIPLINARY BOARD
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 208
Pages: 370–370

Head Matter:
IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF the DISCIPLINARY BOARD
NO. 16-PDB-049
NO. 2016-OB-1933
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
01/09/2017

Opinion:
ORDER
| jBased on our review of the record, we find the disciplinary board was arbitrary and capricious in dismissing the complaint. This court's opinion in In re: Bilbe, 02-1740 (La. 2/7/03), 841 So.2d 729, is limited to the unique facts presented and does not stand for the blanket proposition that an attorney's failure to pay litigation-related expenses can never constitute conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice. Accordingly, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule XIX, § 11(B), this matter is remanded to the Office of Disciplinary Counsel to conduct further investigation and to institute formal charges, if appropriate.
FOR THE COURT:
/s/ John L. Weimer
JUSTICE, SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA