UPDATED 4:37 8/14/2013: The University responded to Clark’s decision, saying the judge is holding up LSU’s process for appealing the initial ruling and reiterating that it will pursue an appeal through all means. 

“Today, Judge Clark held LSU in contempt of court and imposed severe penalties for its failure to comply with the judgment rendered by Judge Clark, despite clear law providing that LSU will lose its right to appeal if it complies with the judgment by the appeal becoming moot.  LSU is committed to pursuing all available appellate relief and to obtaining a proper judicial resolution of a critical issue that can have substantial impact on the recruitment of the best qualified person for academic and other leadership positions throughout the state.”

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A judge found the LSU Board of Supervisors in contempt of court Wednesday for failing to turn over presidential search records. 
District Judge Janice Clark, who ruled April 30 that LSU must turn over the names of 35 candidates for LSU’s president position in a suit brought before her by The Advocate and The Times-Picayune, fined LSU $500 for each day it failed to turn over the records, according to The Advocate.
LSU’s lawyer said the University can’t turn over records because it plans on appealing the decision, The Advocate reported.