Case Name: Edward WESTLEY v. LAND & OFFSHORE, et al.
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 1986-12-19
Citations: 498 So. 2d 742
Docket Number: No. 86-C-2286
Parties: Edward WESTLEY v. LAND & OFFSHORE, et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 498
Pages: 742–742

Head Matter:
Edward WESTLEY v. LAND & OFFSHORE, et al.
No. 86-C-2286.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
Dec. 19, 1986.

Opinion:
DIXON, C.J., concurs.
Although the Court does have the statutory right to dismiss an appeal (it is a litigant's constitutional right to appeal) the provision in Court of Appeal rules 2-12.12 declaring an appeal abandoned when the lawyer is late with the brief probably exceeds the authority of the Court.