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Shadoin HB No. 1181
Abstract: Provides for the jurisdictional amount in dispute in the city courts of Alexandria,
Pineville, Slidell, and Ruston.
Present law provides that in the city courts of Alexandria, Pineville, Slidell, and Ruston, the civil
jurisdiction is concurrent with the district court in cases where the amount in dispute, or the value
of the property involved, does not exceed the amount provided in Article 1732(1) for purposes of
demanding a jury trial, which is $50,000 pursuant to present law.
Proposed law sets the jurisdictional amount in dispute at $50,000 and removes the reference to
the amount in dispute provided by Article 1732(1).
(Amends C.C.P. Art. 4843(H))