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Webb v. WhitleyWebb v. Whitley

Supreme Court of Louisiana
Nov 19, 1993
No. 93-C-2081
Reporters:
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Before:
Kimball

Lead Opinion

PER CURIAM.

Granted. The court of appeal order goes beyond the requirement of the ‍​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‍federal consent decree that “all mention of the charges [be] expunged from his permanent record immediately.” We interpret this provision to require expungement from any record relating to or ‍​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‍affecting the inmate, not necessarily all files kept by the department for other purposes. Accordingly, the court of appeal judgment is amended to add limiting language and ‍​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‍to read as follows:

We hereby render judgment in favor of plaintiff, Floyd Webb, and order defendants to expunge and physically remove all documents from plaintiffs master prison ‍​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‍file and any other files maintained by defendants relating to or affecting plaintiff and referring to the June 9,1990, disciplinary charges against plaintiff, Floyd Webb.





Dissenting Opinion

KIMBALL j.,

dissents ‍​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​​​​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‍but would grant and reinstate judgment of the Trial Court.

MARCUS, J., not on panel.

Case Details

Case Name: Webb v. Whitley
Court Name: Supreme Court of Louisiana
Date Published: Nov 19, 1993
Citations: 629 So. 2d 377; 1993 WL 484226; 1993 La. LEXIS 3373; No. 93-C-2081
Docket Number: No. 93-C-2081
Court Abbreviation: La.
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