RUSSELL v. McKEITHEN

No. 50915.

242 So.2d 229 (1970)

257 La. 225

O. Romaine RUSSELL et al. v. Honorable John J. McKEITHEN, Governor of the State of Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

December 14, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene J. Murret, New Orleans, for defendant-appellee-applicant.

William H. Baker, Asst. Dist. Atty., Dodd, Hirsch, Barker, Avant & Wall, John L. Avant, C. Paul Barker, Baton Rouge, Ford E. Stinson, Benton, for amicus curiae.

Guy A. Modica, Baton Rouge, for plaintiff-appellants-appellees.


HAMLIN, Justice:

Certiorari was directed to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, for review of its judgment which affirmed in part the trial court's judgment—denial of prayer for injunctive relief and the issuance of a writ of mandamus—and reversed the judgment in part by declaring portions of Sections 2 and 3 of Act 216 of 1970 unconstitutional. Art. VII, Sec. 11, La.Const. of 1921; La.App., 239 So.2d 656; ...

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