Court Opinion

ID: 9415110
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-02 18:20:06.987034+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:20:53.542140
License: Public Domain

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge,
specially concurring:
I am happy to concur. The standing issue in these cases has always referred to the lack of statutory standing under Louisiana law because of the failure of the plaintiff to demonstrate a cognizable interest in the res at issue. The standing issue never constituted a challenge to the personal or subject-matter jurisdiction of the federal court. Consequently, it is quite correct to say that Minvielle I was a decision on the merits of the plaintiffs claim, that the case now before us is identical in all relevant respects to Minvielle I, and that res judicata is a bar to this case.