RS 13:4446 Delays for applying for rehearings in appellate courts - Louisiana Statutes

§4446.  Delays for applying for rehearings in appellate courts

A.  Applications for rehearing in the supreme court must be filed on or before the fourteenth calendar day after rendition of judgment.  

B.  Applications for rehearing in the courts of appeal must be filed, or properly mailed to the court in an envelope officially postmarked, on or before the fourteenth calendar day after notice of judgment has been given, as required by Article VII, Section 24, of the Constitution.  

C.  If the last day of any delay allowed in this Section falls on a legal holiday or half-holiday, the delay shall be extended through the next day which is not a legal holiday.  

D.  Applications for rehearing in any of the appellate courts may be filed in term time or out, and may be disposed of in chambers.  

E.  Judgments of all appellate courts become final and executory upon the expiration of the delay for applying for rehearing if no application therefor has been filed timely.  

Amended by Acts 1954, No. 51, §1; Acts 1960, No. 38, §1, eff. June 20, 1960; Acts 1964, No. 47, §5.