BUSSIE v. McKEITHEN

No. 8797.

259 So.2d 345 (1971)

Victor BUSSIE et al. v. Hon. John J. McKEITHEN, Governor, State of La., et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

Writ Refused January 27, 1972.

Rehearing Refused January 4, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carlos J. Spaht, of Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Walter, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant Gov. McKeithen, and others.

John S. White, Jr., of Kennon, White & Odom, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant La. Hosp. Services.

Ernest A. Carrere, Jr., and Charles W. Lane, III, of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Hospital Services Assn. of New Orleans.

Mathew R. Sutherland, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant Pan Am. Life Ins. Co.

John L. Avant, of Dodd, Hirsch, Barker, Avant & Wall, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffappellee Victor Bussie and others.

Before LOTTINGER, LANDRY, SARTAIN, BLANCHE and TUCKER, JJ.


Rehearing En Banc Refused January 4, 1972.

SARTAIN, Judge.

The plaintiffs are individual taxpayers of the State of Louisiana and certain trade unions. The defendants are officials of the State of Louisiana, sued in their official capacities, and the health and hospitalization and life insurers of the employees of the state. Plaintiffs seek to enjoin the defendants from effecting a .17½% premium increase commencing December 1, 1971. On a rule nisi issued...

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