DAVENPORT v. HARDY

No. 60458.

349 So.2d 858 (1977)

Clydia DAVENPORT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Paul J. HARDY, Secretary of State, Clyde F. Bel, Sr., Constable of the First City Court for the City of New Orleans and, Henry Michel Grundmeyer, Constable of the Second City Court of the City of New Orleans, Defendants-Appellees.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Written Reasons Rendered August 31, 1977.

Rehearing Denied September 2, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Glenn L. Morgan, New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Joseph W. Thomas, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ronald C. Davis, Staff Atty., New Orleans, for Paul J. Hardy.

Roger B. Jacobs, New Orleans, for Clyde F. Bel, Sr.

James A. McPherson, New Orleans, for Phyllis Landrieu, additional party plaintiff.


HOOD, Justice ad hoc.

Plaintiff, Clydia Davenport, a candidate for election to the Office of Constable of the First City Court of the City of New Orleans, seeks a declaratory judgment decreeing Act 619 of 1977 unconstitutional. She also seeks a writ of mandamus ordering the Secretary of State to refuse to obey the provisions of that act. The defendants are the Secretary of State, the Constable of the First City Court of the City of New Orleans, and the Constable of...

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