Summary of the CSCCA judgment of 2015-07-13: Recours exercé contre le ministre de la Justice et de la Sécurité Publique, Monsieur Paul Denis, par le sieur Gérard Cassien Chéry, doyen du tribunal
Summary: The court's published summary of its judgment of 2015-07-13 in the following case: Recours exercé contre le ministre de la Justice et de la Sécurité Publique, Monsieur Paul Denis, par le sieur Gérard Cassien Chéry, doyen du tribunal de première instance des Côteaux. The court sat in its administrative jurisdiction. The summary gives the facts, the texts applied and the operative ruling. The court publishes these summaries rather than the judgments themselves, and they are most of what is publicly available of Haitian financial and administrative case law.
Key Findings
- CSCCA ruled in its administrative jurisdiction on Gerard Cassien Chery's appeal against Justice Minister Paul Denis.
- The appeal challenged the minister's 26 May 2010 decision, notified the same day, removing Chery as dean of the Coteaux Court of First Instance for prolonged absence from post.
- Chery submitted two petitions to the Court, dated 18 October 2010 and 7 January 2011, but they were received at the registry outside the legal time limit.
- Although the Haitian state and the auditorat argued that the Court lacked jurisdiction, the Court relied on articles 1, 2 and 3 of the 17 May 2005 decree to establish jurisdiction.
- The auditorat and instruction agreed that the case was inadmissible because the legal appeal deadline in article 31 of the 4 November 1983 decree was not respected.
- The Court declared both petitions inadmissible, refused Chery's action and ordered him to pay costs.
How to cite
Superior Court of Accounts and Administrative Disputes (CSCCA), Summary of the CSCCA judgment of 2015-07-13: Recours exercé contre le ministre de la Justice et de la Sécurité Publique, Monsieur Paul Denis, par le sieur Gérard Cassien Chéry, doyen du tribunal, https://cscca.gouv.ht/