No. 21-262

The Rouge House, LLC v. 308 Decatur-New Orleans, LLC

Lower Court: Louisiana
Docketed: 2021-08-24
Status: Rehearing
Type: Paid
Response WaivedRelisted (2)
Tags: 14th-amendment access-to-courts constitutional-rights corporate-representation corporations due-process equal-protection in-forma-pauperis
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07 (distributed 2 times)
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. Whether the fundamental rights of Due Process and Equal Protection guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution are violated when a corporation, a juridical person, is denied the right to proceed in forma pauperis simply because it is not a natural person.

2. Whether the State courts erred as a matter of law in allowing a corporation to be represented its member, a non-attorney, in a case where it was sued for $100,000 where Louisiana Revised Statute 37:212(C) prohibits a corporation from appearing pro se to assert or defend against a claim in excess of $5,000.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the fundamental rights of Due Process and Equal Protection guaranteed by the 14th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution are violated when a corporation, a juridical person, is denied the right to proceed in forma pauperis simply because it is not a natural person

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Motion for leave to file a petition for rehearing filed by petitioner DENIED.
2021-12-15
Motion DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-08
Motion for leave to file a petition for rehearing filed by petitioner.
2021-10-18
Petition DENIED.
2021-09-29
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/15/2021.
2021-09-15
Waiver of right of respondent 308 Decatur - New Orleans, LLC to respond filed.
2021-08-06
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 23, 2021)

Attorneys

308 Decatur - New Orleans, LLC
R. Chauvin KeanKean Miller, LLP, Respondent
The Rouge House, LLC
Ernest L. Johnson — Petitioner