Case Note by Gabrielle A. Ball
Gabrielle A. Ball's case note examines the Louisiana Supreme Court's decision in Eaglin v. Eunice Police Department, 2017-1875, p. 1 (La. 6/27/2018); 2018 WL 3154744, where the court held that the prescriptive period for a false imprisonment claim begins to run on the date of arrest.
Essay by Dave Fagundes
New Orleans’ Mardi Gras celebration is justifiably famous as a city-wide bacchanal centered on extravagant parades. But beneath the atmosphere of lawlessness, a surprising degree of order prevails that stops the gatherings from descending from revelry into chaos. This brief Essay explores the spoken and unspoken rules of New Orleans’ Carnival season, focusing on how both law and social norms combine to manage access to and use of the public property along the city’s major parade routes.