Louisiana Revised Statutes 4:737 – Venue; trial de novo; appeals
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 4:737
- 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.
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
- Venue: The geographical location in which a case is tried.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the venue for judicial review or appeal from any administrative proceeding involving a charitable gaming licensee or license applicant or a petition for a stay as provided for in La. Rev. Stat. 49:978.1(C) or for recovery under La. Rev. Stat. 49:980 or other injunctive relief shall be the domicile of the licensee or applicant. The petition for judicial review or appeal from an administrative proceeding involving a licensee or licensee applicant under this Chapter shall be filed in the district court of the parish of the domicile of the licensee or applicant within sixty days of the mailing of the notice of the adverse administrative decision. Upon timely filing of the petition of the charitable organization, judicial review shall be by trial de novo and conducted by summary procedure. Evidence of warnings issued by the office to a charitable organization on matters which are not the subject of the administrative proceeding under review shall not be admissible in the trial de novo. The provisions of this Section shall be procedural in nature.
Acts 1999, No. 568, §3, eff. June 30, 1999.