§1367.11. Trial; decision; appeal

            A. Actions objecting to the solicitation or award of a contract pursuant to this Subpart shall be tried summarily, without a jury, and in open court. The trial shall begin no later than fourteen days after suit is filed.

            B. In all actions, the trial judge shall render judgment within seven days after the case is submitted to him and shall indicate the date and time rendered on the judgment. The clerk of the trial court shall immediately notify all parties or their counsel of record by telephone and/or facsimile transmission of the judgment.

            C. Within twenty-four hours after rendition of judgment, a party aggrieved by the judgment may appeal by obtaining an order of appeal and giving bond for a sum fixed by the court to secure the payment of costs. The clerk of the trial court shall give notice of the order of appeal to the clerk of the court of appeal and to all the parties or their counsel of record. The trial judge shall fix the return day at a time not to exceed three days after rendition of judgment.

            D. The clerk of the trial court shall prepare the record on appeal and transmit it to the clerk of the court of appeal on the return day.

            E. Immediately upon receipt of the record the clerk of the court of appeal shall notify the parties and the case shall be heard no later than forty-eight hours after the record is lodged with the court of appeal. Judgment shall be rendered within twenty-four hours after the case is argued. The court of appeal shall indicate the date and time rendered on the judgment. The clerk of the court of appeal shall immediately notify all parties or their counsel of record by telephone and/or facsimile transmission of the judgment.

            F. An application to the supreme court for a writ of certiorari shall be made within forty-eight hours after judgment is rendered by the court of appeal.

            G. The appellate court may sit in panels of three or more as directed by the chief judge.

            H. No application for a new trial or for a rehearing shall be entertained by any court, but a court, upon its own motion, may correct manifest error to which its attention is called.

            I. As used in this Subpart, judgment shall be deemed to have been rendered when signed by the judge.

            Acts 2025, No. 208, §1, eff. June 8, 2025.