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HENRY v. EDWARDS

No. 59231

346 So.2d 153 (1977)

E. L. HENRY et al. v. Hon. Edwin W. EDWARDS, Governor of the State of Louisiana.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

Rehearing Denied April 12, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank P. Simoneaux, Baton Rouge, for plaintiffs-appellants.

William D. Brown, Brown, Wicker & Lee, Monroe, Camille F. Gravel, Jr., Gravel, Roy & Burnes, Alexandria, Michael S. Baer, III, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellee.

MARCUS, Justice.

This matter arises out of a suit for a declaratory judgment. At issue is whether the Governor had the constitutional authority to veto certain provisions of the General Appropriation Bill for the fiscal year 1976-77 and whether the vetoed provisions were properly included in the bill by the legislature. The trial judge held that the Governor improperly exercised the "line item" veto power conferred by La.Const. art. 4, § 5(G)

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