Spaun v. Helen
Citations
- 113 La. 230
- 36 So. 949
- 1904 La. LEXIS 639
Syllabus
<p>APPEAL — JURISDICTION AX, AMOUNT.</p> <p>1. Where a mother has made a distribution of her property among her children by means of acts of sale which are admittedly donations, and has died intestate, leaving no debts, and one of the heirs sues the others for collation, the .case is appealable to the Supreme Court, if the aggregate of the donations exceeds $2,000.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>
How courts have described this case
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- holding that an agency that implemented a multi-track processing system for FOIA requests had shown sufficient evidence of due diligence
- explaining that to satisfy §552(a)(6)(C)(i), “an agency must show that the number of requests received in the relevant period was truly unforeseen and remarkable”
- finding “exceptional circumstances” based on a “sudden increase in requests” and retaining jurisdiction to supervise production
- finding an agency’s “exercise of due diligence in responding to [FOIA] requests” to warrant a stay of the proceedings
- finding unexpected “near doubling of FOIA demands over a two-year period” constituted “exceptional circumstances”
- finding a ten-fold increase in the number of FOIA requests to constitute exceptional circumstances
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