Case Name: STATE of Louisiana DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT v. Wilder B. LINDSEY, et ux.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1996-01-26
Citations: 666 So. 2d 659
Docket Number: No. 95-CC-2879
Parties: STATE of Louisiana DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT v. Wilder B. LINDSEY, et ux.
Judges: LEMMON, J., would grant and docket.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 666
Pages: 659–660

Head Matter:
STATE of Louisiana DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT v. Wilder B. LINDSEY, et ux.
No. 95-CC-2879.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Jan. 26, 1996.

Opinion:
In re Transportation & Dev., Dept, of; State of Louisiana; — Plaintiffs); applying for supervisory and/or remedial writs; Parish of Natchitoches, 10th Judicial District Court, Div. "A", No. 61135-A; to the Court of Appeal, Third Circuit, No. CW95-1062.
Granted. Ruling of district court granting landowners' motion to strike the request for a jury trial is vacated and set aside. The state has a right to trial by jury to determine compensation. La. Const, art. 1, sec. 4.
LEMMON, J., would grant and docket.
WATSON, J., would deny the writ.