Louisiana Revised Statutes 19:159 – Appeal; expedited review; effect of appeal
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 19:159
- Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
- Appellate: About appeals; an appellate court has the power to review the judgement of another lower court or tribunal.
- Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
A. No party to an expropriation proceeding filed pursuant to this Part shall be entitled to or granted a suspensive appeal from any order, judgment, or decree rendered in such proceeding, whether such order, judgment, or decree is on the merits, exceptions, or special pleas and defenses, or compensation, or any or all of them.
B. Any judgment determining the validity or the extent of the taking pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 19:147, shall be subject to a devolutive appeal, and the delays for taking such an appeal shall commence upon the signing of that judgment.
C. The appellate court shall consider an appeal of a judgment rendered pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 19:147, on an expedited basis.
D. No appeal in any expropriation suit brought under these provisions shall operate to prevent or delay the vesting of title in the plaintiff.
Added by Acts 1958, No. 204, §1; Acts 2014, No. 625, §1.
NOTE: See Acts 2014, No. 625, §2, relative to applicability.