Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2022-02-14 17:06:39.631916+00
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STATE OF LOUISIANA
            COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

JOHN    WARDEN                                                                                     NO.        2021      CW      1552

VERSUS

ELDORADO           RESORTS,              INC.        D/ B/ A                                       FEBRUARY          24,        2022
BELLE       OF     BATON          ROUGE

In    Re:              Catfish Queen                  Partnership in Commendam d/ b/ a the Belle
                       of    Baton        Rouge        Casino, applying for supervisory writs,
                       19th        Judicial             District           Court,           Parish            of     East        Baton
                       Rouge,       No.      678815.

BEFORE:                MCCLENDON,            WELCH,          AND      THERIOT,         JJ.

        WRIT           GRANTED            WITH          ORDER.             We     vacate               the    trial          court'     s

August           13,        2021        judgment             that        denied        the        motion           for       summary
judgment           filed           by     the         defendant,            Catfish          Queen            Partnership         in
Commendam              d/ b/ a       the        Belle          of     Baton       Rouge          Casino.                The      trial
court        failed          to "       state         on    the       record      or    in writing                 the       reasons

for                          or     denying            the
       granting                                                  motion[ s]"           as    required              by     La.    Code
Civ.        P.     art.           966( C)(      4)         See        James      as    Co - Trustees                 of    Addison
Family           Trust       v.     Strobel,               2019- 0787 (         La.    App.            1st    Cir.      6/ 24/ 20),
2020        WL     3446635 (              unpublished),                   recognizing                  this    provision               is
mandatory.                  Thus,        this        matter         is   remanded           to    the        trial      court      for
compliance              with       La.     Code        Civ.      P.      art.    966( 0)(        4).

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