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Date Created: 2023-04-13 17:04:41.629081+00
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
          COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT
EDDIE L. COLLIER, III AND                      NO.   2023 CW 0003
TERRELL COLLIER

VERSUS
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY
AND AGRICULTURAL AND                           APRIL 13, 2023
MECHANICAL COLLEGE AND JOHN
P. MILLER

In Re:     The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University
           and Agricultural and Mechanical College ( "LSU") , and
           Michael Clay Crain, applying for supervisory writs,
           19th Judicial District Court, Parish of East Baton
           Rouge, No. 654579.

BEFORE:    McCLENDON, HOLDRIDGE, AND GREENE, JJ.

     WRIT   DENIED.     The    criteria   set   forth in Herli tz
Construction Co., Inc. v. Hotel Invest~rs of New Iberia, Inc.,
396 So.2d 878 (La. 1981) (per curiam) are' not met.

                                 PMc
                                  HG

     Holdridge,    J.,  dissents   and   would   grant   the writ
application.   I find the plaintiffs fai~ed to present sufficient
evidence to demonstrate that a genuine issue of material fact
exists as to their civil conspiracy claims. See New Orleans Jazz
& Heritage Found., Inc. v. Kirksey, 2009-1433(La. App. 4th Cir.
5/26/10),   40 So.3d 394,    408,  writ .denied,   2010-1475 (La.
10/1/10), 45 So.3d 1100 ("The actionabld element under [La. Civ.
Code art.] 2324 is the intentional tort the conspirators agreed
to commit and committed in whole or in part causing plaintiff's
injury.") . Accordingly, I would grant the motion for partial
summary judgment filed by Board of Supervisors of Louisiana
State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and
Clay Crain, and dismiss plaintiffs' civil conspiracy claims.

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

    DEPUTY CLERK OF COURT
        FOR THE COURT