2nd Circuit Court Accepts Jonesboro’s Request For Appeal

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–A Publisher’s Heart Editorial Update–

Appeal Application Accepted

In the matter of Essmeier vs. The Town of Jonesboro (case # 32584) Louisiana’s Second Circuit Court of Appeal has decided to accept the Writ Application filed by Attorneys Louis G. Scott and Carol P. Lexing of Monroe, LA on behalf of Jonesboro Mayor Leslie Thompson and Council Members LaStevic Cottonham, Devin Flowers and Charla Thompson-Melton.

The application for appeal was filed on September 16^th, 2011 in staunch objection to 2^nd Judicial District Judge Jimmy Teat’s ruling for the plaintiffs back on August 17, 2011.  Many Jonesboro citizens believe Judge Teat’s ruling to be quite biased, controversial and some said “provocative.”

While the matter is most likely going to take many months to be decided at this appellate level —in what very well could turn out to be a landmark case, the supporters of Mayor Thompson’s administration and the supporters of the Council Members who were sued are comforted to know that this request for justice was not swatted down like it could have been, and that the arguments presented by Attorneys Lexing and Scott therein were deemed worthy of the Second Circuit Court of Appeal’s attention and considerations.

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